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THE GIFT OF HEALING 



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ADELAIDE ARNOLD 

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Part I 



THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

INTRODUCTION. 

When I sent out the messenger "How to Make 
Use of the Power Within" which I was inspired to 
write, in order to reach those who had not devel- 
oped the light that shines from within and could 
not realize the happiness that was theirs by divine 
right, I said, "If you call for me I will come again." 

I thank those of you who have made it possible 
for me to come before you again, as the little book 
was well received, and is still on its way trying to 
find those who have not known the light that never 
fails and that pervades all life. I mentioned then 
my hope to establish a humane park as a rest for 
horses who had served some one faithfully and 
when old and worn out deserved a rest from labor 
before they leave this plane. 

I have the promise now of quite a sum toward 
this institution and it is my intention to have con- 
trol of the same during my natural life and to se- 
cure funds by the sale of my books and otherwise, 
to make it a permanent institution, in connection 
with the boarding home for young men which I 
mention further on. 

These institutions I will place in the hands of 
other permanent public welfare societies as I only 
desire a life lease in them. If anyone who reads 
this book is interested in the subject,, having the 
means to donate something toward this good work, 
wishes to consult with the Author, they may do 
so by submitting their credentials and arranging 
for an interview. 

Very sincerely, 

THE AUTHOR. 



THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

One of the author's intentions is to have a farm 
for dumb animals as she has told you in her little 
book, "How to Make Use of the Power Within." 
And in the city to have a boarding home for young 
men with all the social conditions of a private 
home. The food for the home could be raised on 
the "Humane Farm/' and this would make the 
home self-supporting from the start; and any of 
the young men out of employment could find work 
temporarily on the farm. 

The author believes in prevention instead of 
cure for immorality. If these young men were to 
meet the young ladies before they got into the 
whirl of excitement, they would probably marry 
and never go wrong, for they would not have the 
experience of such a life nor the longing for lux- 
uries which they acquire from experience. Most 
of these young women have been brought up to 
moderation in their living. 

This book on spiritualism is to be sold to help 
along the work. We will have a large dormitory 
built on the farm as a free vacation home for aged 
people who will be permitted to bring their pets. 
For the author is not among those who believe that 
animals are spreaders of disease germs, for they 
are not allowed where contagious diseases are any 
more than human beings are. 

When a child, she brought home to her dear 
mother every broken-winged butterfly, or bird, or 
crippled animal, that she could find, and the mother 
taught her how to treat them for their ailment. 
And she still brings into her home every sick crea- 



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ture she can find and she has never contracted a 
contagious disease. 

The good spirits tell her that she will be granted 
three graces before she enters the higher grade of 
life, two of which she mentions here, when she has 
accomplished these two parts of her life's work, 
the third will be easily gained. She asks God to spe- 
cially favor all who secure her book and sends 
helpful thoughts to you all. 



THE SOCIAL EVIL. 

To you mothers who lay away your little ones, 
the author knows all the sorrow, and the feeling 
that you can no longer serve them, and keep them 
warm and protect them; the author loved her pets 
and cared for them in the same way that you loved 
your infants, and oh ! the sorrow of it she must 
sen$ away these creatures that she loved with all 
the intensity of her nature and feel that perhaps 
they were being ill-treated. 

She loved her home and pets, and she decided 
owing to the intemperance and abuse she was sub- 
jected to, that she must give up all, and go out into 
the world. Ill, broken in health and spirit, she 
would look at the golden sunset, she loved to look 
out over that beautiful green field (where her pets 
gathered before going to their rest) and watch the 
golden clouds turn to rose color and then purple 
before darkness came on. And she thought, why 
am I driven from my home, I am doing right here, 
why must I go out into the world? And the an- 
swer came, you are doing right but you are living 
for self, as those who are serving family and things 
they love are only working for self. You are fitted 
to do much good out in the world, and your gifts 
and understanding will be developed more and 
more as you do His work. 

She will not touch upon all she suffered and en- 
dured in sacrificing her loved ones, but will give a 
poem here which will express it for her. 

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THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

WHAT CHRIST SAID. 
I said, "Let me walk in the fields"; 

He said, "Nay, walk in the town" ; 
I said, "There are no flowers there" ; 

He said, "No flowers, but a crown." 

I said, "But the sky is black, 
There is nothing but noise and din" ; 

But He wept as He sent me back — 

"There is more," He said, "there is sin." 

I said, "But the air is thick, 

And fogs are veiling the sun" ; 
Lie answered, "Yet hearts are sick, 

And souls in the dark undone." 

I said, "I shall miss the light, 

And friends will miss me, they say" ; 

He answered me, "Choose tonight 
If I am to miss you or they." 

I pleaded for time to be given ; 

He said, "Is it hard to decide? 
It will not seem hard in heaven 

To have followed the steps of your Guide." 

I cast one look at the field, 

Then set my face to the town; 
He said, "My child, do you yield ; 

Will you leave the flowers for the crown?" 

Then into His hand went mine, 
And into my heart came He, 
And I walk in a light divine 
The path I had feared to see. 

George MacDonald, 1 824-1905. 
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THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

In giving up her loved creatures who depended 
upon her for their welfare, she gave up all that she 
cherished in an unhappy home and in parting with 
them and her home she gave up almost her life and 
her heart's blood. After sorrowing for months to 
gain the submission to His will, she asked God to 
place her, for she knew that all this sorrow was for 
her progression, and she said, "Not mine, but Thy 
will be done." 

The author has no intention of inflicting her per- 
sonal sorrows upon her readers, but she gives this 
side of her life to show the selfish ones who do not 
appreciate love for God's creatures. That God 
gave an all absorbing love for dumb animals to 
some, so that His lower creation would be cared for 
and given the attention He wished them to have; 
to some He has given love for children in the same 
intensity, and to others the love for the aged. 

So fate drove her out into a big city, with very 
little ahead of her for her immediate needs, and to 
what? She was physically unable to do hard work, 
and as the only work she understood was the hotel 
business, she entered that line of labor, until some- 
thing else would present itself. This brought her 
in contact with the women who had gone wrong, 
and many times she would think, why was I driven 
out of my little home to come in contact with these 
men and women? 

People who imagine they can save these women 
are greatly mistaken ; they only laugh at the re- 
formers. She invited many of them to call on her 
and induced them to tell her about their present 
life. This they were very willing to do, and she 

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learned that there was a caste among them the same 
as in any other social life. Those who were not so 
well educated could not associate with those who 
were accomplished, nor could they command the 
same recompense, financially, as the others. 

Many times she tried to induce these handsome 
creatures to get employment and begin life anew 
and settle down and marry and become useful citi- 
zens. And they would say to her, "We like you for 
talking to us like this and we know you like us, 
and are interested in us, and if you can tell us 
where we can earn a hundred dollars a week or 
more, as we do now, we will go to work." 

Of course, there was nothing more to be said. 
The author has arrived at the conclusion that the 
only ones who reform are those who find them- 
selves. That is, something comes into their lives 
which brings about a willing change. As a rule, 
if these women marry, they return to their old life 
after a short time, and are found frequenting their 
old haunts while living with their husbands. 

To give you an illustration of how important 
these young women consider themselves. Several 
of them were discussing the marriage of one who 
had followed that profession for fifteen years ; one 

of them said, "Miss S did not do very well, did 

she? She married a man earning only thirty-five 
dollars a week." I said, "Don't you think that a 
woman of that stamp should consider herself for- 
tunate to get any man to marry her when he knows 
just what she is?" and they indignantly said, "Oh, I 
don't think so." 

In regard to the women who have gone wrong. 

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No one can reform them; they are what they are 
from choice, and it is born in them. They will lie 
and pretend to reform and tell you that they have 
given it all up, and you will learn, from their inti- 
mate friends that they are frequenting their favorite 
meeting resorts the same as usual. They cannot 
deceive the author on this question, for the spirits 
showed her one of these reformed ( ?) women with 
a long-handled drag net swung over her shoulder 
and this interpreted meant she has the drag net out 
for men, and it was verified afterwards by some of 
her acquaintances. 

Some societies for the suppression of vice are 
paying young men good salaries, some of whom go 
out on the streets nights and try to induce these 
young women to solicit their acquaintance. This is 
very wrong, and is distinctly contrary to the prayer 
"Lead us not into temptation." 

SEGREGATION. 

Segregation by an unwritten law would be much 
more effectual, for if they were driven to live in 
the restricted section of the cities their parents and 
relatives would soon know the life they were liv- 
ing. This could be done by driving them out of 
every part of the city excepting that section, where 
they could be compelled to maintain orderly con- 
duct. 

These creatures have played at love making so 
much that deception has become a second self to 
them. They cannot sincerely love anything or 
anybody, and they prefer to lie and deceive even 

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when the truth is much easier for them. This is 
the only conclusion to come to after several years 
of close contact with them. If they are to reform 
they must find themselves ; arrest and punishment 
does not change them. 

Most of these women were wronged by a lover 
under promise of marriage before they came to the 
city. The city life nor low wages never was the 
cause of their downfall, for you will find many 
young women working for low wages and rooming 
in attics, doing their sewing and laundry evenings, 
who never go wrong and will not, no matter how 
hard a time they have. They will endure it. It is 
the one that has started wrong who comes to the 
city to bury her trouble that we must keep from 
going any further in that direction, and that can be 
done by prevention. 

"The Working Girl Who Goes On Call." 

Many young women in all big cities are employed 
through the day, and are called evenings and any 
time of the night by messenger or otherwise to 
houses where they make the acquaintance of men. 
This could be prevented by the parents of many of 
them if they were aware of the lives their daugh- 
ters were leading, and if the segregated district was 
well guarded by police and agents of societies they 
could turn back any of the women "called" to that 
section of the city, as only those who roomed there 
would be allowed to enter that section. 

And as most of those who are "called" are keep- 
ing up a respectable appearance to their relatives 

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and gentlemen friends, they would not room in the 
segregated section and they would be obliged to 
give up their immoral way of living. It is the fact 
that they can keep up an air of respectability under 
present conditions that induces many of them to 
remain in that way of living. The men they meet 
take them to dinners and they dine at the next 
table to the wealthiest and ride in automobiles, 
wear fine clothes and jewels and enjoy all the lux- 
uries of life ; but many of them would not lead this 
life if they could not keep it from their friends and 
under cover of respectability. 

The remedy is back to the soil where the daugh- 
ters could be kept at home until they are married 
or have arrived at the age when they are not so 
susceptible to this danger. 

Many of the working women who are leading a 
sporting life, marry sports, and, under cover of the 
marriage certificate entertain socially, men of 
wealth give dinners at these couples' homes, and 
young women, married and single, are invited to 
meet these men several times a week. And in this 
way these working girls acquire the desire for 
automobile rides, swell dinners and luxury. 

One of the oldest resorts was run in this man- 
ner, the husband bringing in the guests, and after 
a time they quarreled and separated and the wife, 
in order to continue the money-making business, 
was obliged to give the husband an allowance, and 
he was living with another woman supported by 
the wife. Death has since then ended that resort. 

Many of the young women pretend to their 
friends that they work, and they go out every day 

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just as if they went to work. They go to some 
of the houses, where they pay a dollar a day for the 
privilege of remaining there to receive their calls 
from men or to "houses" where they are wanted. I 
am giving you every side of this question, so you 
will know just what you have to cope with. 

The author is telling you these facts so that you 
will fully understand that the police and societies 
for the suppression of vice can handle this subject 
only in a limited way. For if they suppress it 
in one direction it rises in a new form, for if you 
scatter them they take small apartments and enter- 
tain even more than they did before, as they are not 
under the rules of the one who runs the house, as 
they were before. 

You will find this subject in the Bible, and it 
probably will be found in all ages of the future. 
Prevention, in the form of education, will do much 
toward suppressing it, if the next generation is 
taught that health and womanliness is above every- 
thing else ; it will be one step toward it. Also give 
them things to love, for love is the tie that binds 
and the whole theme of nature. 

If some of the professional men could have their 
way, all creatures that people love would be ex- 
terminated and the next generation would be like 
so much machinery; the man or woman who has a 
pet to love him or her when they go to their home 
have something to love and bring them home. For 
many married men and women long for love as 
they do not get it from those they have chosen for 
their partners for life. And this little bird or ani- 
mal that runs to greet them with all the joy of its 

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little heart gives them the love they do not get 
from the selfish one they live with. 

And it is love that makes the home life. If they 
do not get love in the home they usually go where 
they will get it. Every form of physical life must 
have love, from the little insect up to the largest 
bird or animal, and the human. Nature's laws are 
ruled by love, and God is love. 

As the daily papers are now discussing the social 
problem of progression, the author gives her ex- 
perience on this subject after several years of study 
and close contact with those who know personally, 
and are willing to tell of their own experience, as 
well as that of their many associates. Some of these 
say that they live with their parents or relatives and 
are among the sporting set, and their parents are 
ignorant of the fact. 

It is the hope of the writer that this book will go 
into many homes, and place this subject before 
many parents, and in this way accomplish much 
good. 

"The Call House." 

There is in all big cities what is termed a "Call 
House," where many young women room and 
board. They are not allowed to receive any callers 
at this house, as the place does not conflict with 
the law by "doing business." This proprietor 
charges from twelve to fifteen dollars per week to 
each boarder; the boarders have the privilege of 
being called by telephone or messenger to any 
house that wishes them to entertain men, day or 
night. 

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They are called to houses of ill repute or private 
apartments or lodging houses that do "some busi- 
ness" in this line. At some of these houses where 
they are "called" the girls are expected to drink 
wine, as the greatest profit to the "landlady" is on 
the wine and other drinks. 

Many of the girls do not like drink and refuse to 
take it at first, but if they do not drink they will 
not be "called" again, as more money can be made 
when the girl drinks a great deal. I am told by 
some of these girls that some men will spend from 
$25 to $150 in a night, just for wine, and the girls 
try to learn to drink so as to become popular with 
all concerned, as they do not make much if they 
are only called to the places where they do not 
have to drink, as it is only the "cheap places" that 
do not sell wine. 

In this way the girls acquire the drink habit, 
then when they become drunkards the "houses" do 
not call for them, as they are not fit to present to 
their gentlemen callers, as these men believe that 
these girls are nurses, bookkeepers, artists, musical 
students, etc., and tell their men friends how they 
have met the music student, etc. They think they 
;are meeting some one who has never been around ; 
that this student, etc., was induced to come in 
answer to this call, especially for them. When all 
the time the "select party" is a "Call House" pro- 
duct. 

These young women laugh over the credulity of 
the men and say, "Wouldn't you think that they 
would know that if we could be called for a man 



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that we never saw that we also could be called for 
anyone ?" 

I am telling this, so you will know every side of 
this question and how much there is to guard 
against. I had lived in the city many years and 
never knew that there was such an institution as 
a "Call House" until I met one of the supposed to 
be "music students" and I asked her where she 
was stopping and she laughingly said in one of 
the "swellest call houses in the city." I said,, 
"What kind of a house is that?" and she explained 
it to me to my amazement and enjoyed my astonish- 
ment very much. 

If mothers could see this side of life they would 
never consent to their daughters going away, from 
home, and the fact that some one may go with her 
does not make any difference, as we find sisters to- 
gether in these houses and several girls from the 
same city or state who have known each other for 
years. Of course they will not tell on each other. 

If you could see these girls after two or three 
years of dissipation you would prefer to see your 
child in her grave than to live the life she is living, 
for when she becomes addicted to drink she is an 
outcast, for none of the "Houses" will receive her, 
as she is likely to attract attention toward the 
house. And her next step is to solicit men on the 
street, and then the career of this poor "moth" is 
very swift down the scale of life, as part of the 
time she starves and is turned out of her boarding 
place for not paying and for creating a disturbance. 

And this beautiful child of somebody's is a piti- 
ful wreck that no one can do anything for, because 

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she will not do any different. And to help her by 
giving her money is only to give her money to buy 
drink with, and if anyone allows her to visit them 
she is likely to call on them when intoxicated, and 
people who see her call say you are associating 
with low people. 

To try to help them is to drag yourself down in 
public opinion, so she is shut out all together. 
Usually she goes from bad to worse. She finds 
herself in the street starving, no home and without 
a friend. She is too far gone to think of work and 
as a last resort turns to the river, and death is the 
best friend for her. 

The morning paper tells of finding a woman's 
body in the river or harbor, and perhaps a dear 
mother waits and longs for the return of her 
darling child, and she may never know how that 
dear one suffered. And I think if that dear mother 
had only known the danger there was for her child 
perhaps she would be with her today and be a help 
to her instead of a sorrow. 

This is why I am anxious to place this awful 
subject before you in a way that will make you 
fully understand the danger that any or all young 
girls are in who are away from home. They are 
free to go where they will, and as bachelor girls 
they have no delicacy in entering this life, no more 
than several young men do who go out together, 
when they go to saloons or other resorts. 

I hope I may be inspired to make you see this 
awful situation in its proper light. I wish it were 
possible to have you see some of these beautiful 
girls as I see them very often, cast off by first one 

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lover and then another, trying to find some man to 
support them. When I ask them what their 
mother thinks they are doing, they say, "Oh, she 
thinks I am a stenographer or bookkeeper." But it 
won't be long before "mother" must know, for she 
is a confirmed drunkard and must have strong drink 
the first thing in the morning, and when they reach 
that condition they cannot hide it from anyone any 
longer. 

Some of them marry and bring children into the 
world, and there is nothing so pitiful as a child 
with a drunken mother, beside the suffering it en- 
dures from neglect in the home. Every child loves 
its mother, and its pride is hurt by other children 
taunting it about its awful mother. 

People who live in comfortable and pleasant con- 
ditions cannot realize how much there is to be 
thankful for. If they should go into a Criminal 
Court a few mornings they would soon know what 
suffering is. There you will find young men and 
women being tried for various crimes, and it will 
make your heart ache to hear them sentenced to 
different prisons for short or long terms. And you 
feel, if you only could be allowed to do something 
for them, but it would be of no use for you to try, 
for many others have tried before you saw them, 
and, like the "Moth and the Flame," these poor 
human moths return again and again until judges 
and officials know that they must be sent away. 

The poor immigrant or the girls brought up in 
humble circumstances are seldom among those who 
live immoral lives, for the poor girls are willing to 
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own to take care of. It is the pampered daughter 
of parents who try to live above their means and 
are brought up to false ideas of their importance. 
That is, they are led to believe that with their edu- 
cation and good looks, that they can marry wealth, 
and they will not look at an honest working man, 
and when they find that they cannot find anyone 
who is wealthy to marry them they decide to have 
luxury without marrying. 

The girl who is willing to marry the man she 
loves and is willing to work with him to establish 
a respectable home is much happier than her foolish 
sister who prefers luxury and ease to happiness, 
for she is always unhappy. She is in constant fear 
of coming to want, for if she has a man that is sup- 
porting her she knows that she may lose him most 
any day, for generally he is a sport and is apt to 
leave her for the first pretty face he meets, and 
usually she is left without a dollar and without a 
home. And as she grows older her chances of find- 
ing another man friend are few, and altogether life 
is a very discouraging proposition for her. 

Save the Boys. 

Another reason for the segregated district is that 
young boys are sent to deliver groceries and other 
goods to houses and apartments of ill repute, and 
the women living there tell them all about their 
manner of living, nothing is sacred to those who 
are dissipated, and you will hear these young boys 
remark that "there are no good girls." 

You cannot wonder that they think so when you 
consider how many of these abandoned creatures 

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there are in large cities and the boys from the age 
of sixteen years upwards are sent to their homes 
every week to deliver goods. If we had the segre- 
gated district we could prevent boys under age 
from delivering in that section. And in this way 
they would not know these harmful creatures. 

Neither Do I Condemn Thee. 

The women of the first-class establishments are 
not the sort to advertise themselves in this manner ; 
they keep their business to themselves, and anyone 
going there would not know that they were in an 
immoral business. And no man or woman who is 
not well known there will be admitted. If a new 
comer gets into one of these houses they must be 
introduced there by one who is well known by the 
proprietor. 

The segregated district should have a chapel and 
lectures daily; this would attract them, and the 
excuse to get them to come in would be to ask their 
aid toward different charities, the care of infants, 
the aged, etc. 

The lecturer should ignore their mode of living, 
simply give talks on the life of Christ and the saints 
and topics of the day; the lecturer should take the 
stand that Christ did, "Neither do I condemn thee." 

Many people say to me "Why do you not have a 
home for girls?" There are many homes for girls, 
and I want to save the boys from becoming 
"sports," for once they enter the sporting life they 
do not care to become family men. They can have 
all the sociability without marrying and they do not 
want the responsibility, so if we can keep them 

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from losing the ideals they received from their 
home influences, then we will have more and hap- 
pier marriages, saving the girls will not make do- 
mestic life if there are no good men to marry them. 

The man and woman who have a family to care 
for and love are not likely to enter the sporting 
life, and it is the sporting life that is the cause of 
so many early deaths. 

These women spend more money on their hair 
dressing, manicuring and "facial massage" than the 
little working girl earns in a week. And the good 
little working girl who is forced to dress within 
her means is not invited out to dinners, rides, etc., 
as her sporty sister is ; for the sporty sister indulges 
in drink and is more amusing and interesting and is 
playing her part in the game of life, the same as the 
actress or other professionals are. 

They usually brag of their home life and pose as 
heiresses, princesses, or coming from families of 
wealth, and their men friends think they have found 
a wonderful prize for an acquaintance, but if they 
should investigate the home life of those who brag 
the most, they would find that they came from the 
commonest people and are so poor that they have 
hardly a chair to sit on and the whole family must 
work to eke out a living. 

Many of these women become drunkards, and 
then they are turned out of the first-class places, 
and then their course downward is swift, and they 
frequent low-grade drinking resorts and associate 
with the lowest type of men in hopes to get a 
living, for the strongest of them will starve before 
they will work. 

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Hundreds of beautiful girls every year become 
victims of the drink habit and very often of the 
opium habit. I am telling this to you mothers so 
that you will look into the lives of your daughters, 
many of them who have very little education pre- 
tend when visiting their parents that they are book- 
keepers or holding other high positions that they 
possibly could not fill, and they consider work 
way beneath them. 

Consumption claims many of them for its victim, 
as when they are on their downward course, they do 
not have nourishing food, and the drink habit soon 
undermines their health ; many of them end their own 
lives rather than starve, and others end in prison and 
the hospital. 

You, mothers should save them from this by learn- 
ing all yoa can of this side of life, for if you are ig- 
norant of this awful situation, you can not help 
your children and if you find that they have gone 
wrong do not turn against them, as you hope that 
the heavenly Father will not turn against you. 
Many times this condition like the drink habit is 
prenatal, owing to some unguarded thought of the 
mother before the child was born. 

The mother may have been annoyed by some 
one who drank, or had gone wrong and she was 
horrified at the thought; all these things will in- 
fluence the embryo mind. A real mother will never 
turn against her child, no matter how low down 
life's scale he or she goes, but will study the case 
and help them all she can. 

The daily papers are doing all they can to edu- 

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cate the public in regard to the suppression of vice 
and all who study this matter, must eliminate the 
sensational side of the question and realize that sup- 
pression is impossible, but that individual, preven- 
tion is the only real good. 

I will give you an example of how your son may 
be dragged down and it will make your blood boil 
as it did mine when I witnessed it. I was out in 
front of my home one night about ten o'clock when 
a young couple came along. They were under 
twenty years of age ; the girl was stylishly dressed 
and carried a silver hand bag, she turned suddenly, 
and struck the boy in the face with the hand bag 
several times and made him turn and go back 
toward where they came from and compelled him 
to put his arm around her and she had her arm 
around him. 

Evidently she wanted more drink and the boy 
was being ruled by her. Think of this you mothers, 
and keep your sons at home if you possibly can. It 
is better to work in their home town for small 
wages and be of some account in a community than 
to be lost in the crowds of a big city with more pay, 
but more expense. 

And the lonely life that a stranger has in a 
crowded city, for one can be more alone in a 
crowded city than in a forest. 

When your sons or daughters err do not turn 
them out as many do, but think this is my little 
baby that I held in my arms and I will love it so 
much that I will reclaim it. If you could see these 
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them, beautiful girls strong and able to do some 
kind of work, but with only a thought of where they 
will get money for more drink. I very often take 
one of these in to my home. I find them without 
money and no place to stay in, turned out of their 
room, because they could not pay rent, for none of 
them look ahead and think I will need this money 
for my room rent, but drink until they haven't a 
cent left, and men who frequent the eating and 
drinking places that they do, most always take the 
advantage of their weakness. 

They hear of me in some way and come to me 
crying and tell me that they have no place to go, 
and I to save the mother from hearing of this, take 
them in for a few weeks and start them out again ; 
only to hear in a short time that they are down and 
out again and their mother living in a near by state 
wholly unconscious of the pitiable conditon her 
dear child is in. 

The mother thinks she is working as steno- 
grapher or clerk when instead she has been under 
the protection of a man who has cast her off because 
she drank and associated with the lowest men in 
the drinking places who hang around waiting for 
the "down and outs" to take advantage of their 
weakness. 

Some of them attach themselves to married men 
and when the man tries to break away from them 
they threaten him with exposure if he does not 
come back to them and the man hoping that fate 
will find a way out of the difficulty without ex- 
posure and disgrace to his family submits to all 

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sorts of abuse, for some of them strike, scratch and 
blacken the eyes of the victim who was attracted 
by their good looks. 

Wives are to blame in a measure for this, for if 
a woman was the chum she should be to her hus- 
band he could go to her and tell her of the trouble 
and she could protect him from this, as he would not 
fear exposure to her. A husband and wife are in 
duty bound to protect each other, as they take the 
place toward each other that the parents did and of 
course they could look to their parents to help 
them out of trouble. A woman should make the 
same allowance for a husband that she would for 
her brother and eliminate the jealousy, and see this 
matter in its proper light. 

You know you may love roses and bring them 
home with you but this does not prevent you from 
admiring the sweet little violets and other flowers, 
but all the time the rose is the one to you and you 
want it with you and it is the same with the hus- 
band, you are the one. 

One young working woman entertained a mar- 
ried man for nearly twenty years, and he stopped 
calling on her because he was ill, but as he could 
still be about, the woman became furious and 
went to his wife and told her that she believed him 
single all these years and that he had called on her 
all that time. The wife was overcome by the story 
but said to the girl, "He has been the best husband 
in the world and I want you to promise me that 
you will never tell him that you have told me this. 
He is ill and I am going with him to a water cure 

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resort and I do not think he will live to come back, 
and I do not want him to know that I knew this 
before he died." 

Just think of the nobility of character of that 
wife, she suffered in silence and had pity for him ; 
that is real love. This happened eight years ago 
and last month I saw a notice of his death in the 
daily papers. 

The Author sometimes casts a thought back to 
the little farmstead and the dear pets she was 
obliged to give up and thinks, I gave them all up to 
gain this knowledge of the dark side of life. It is 
awful but I could not help in this cause and do good 
if I did not know all the evil side of life and much 
good will come from this knowledge, as we will 
know how to cope with it. Good will come from it, 
just as the most beautiful flowers grow from filth. 
All is good. 

The spirits teach us that we all belong to God 
that a wife or husband is loaned us for the time be- 
ing to fulfill His purpose here and aid progression. 
We are given a certain amount of happiness here, so 
that it will not seem to be all duty and when any 
man or woman attempts to rule another on account 
of jealousy and spite, he or she will be punished to 
show them that the one they are spitefully controll- 
ing belongs to Him. And that person is the innocent 
means used to punish them and bring them to real- 
ize that He is supreme for it is only through that 
one that they can be made to suffer most and he is 
used as the means of punishment. So the only way 
to keep your mate with you is not to send evil 

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thoughts after him or her every step they take; if 
you are in constant fear of some one taking them 
from you, you are tied body and soul to them and 
you can not think good thoughts. 

You are shutting out all the beautiful things God 
placed here for your pleasure and progression, for 
one who is not worth it. We should realize that 
we are a part of the whole eternal plan, and not 
narrow ourselves down to seeing and thinking of 
one human being. That is making idols to our- 
selves and God destroys idols of any kind that are 
worshipped. 

Many a good man has been drawn into an alliance 
of this kind with the very best intentions on his 
part ; he accidentally meets some young woman who 
pretends to have been wronged and has not known 
any other man and that she is without work and 
doesn't know what she will do and he pities her and 
heroically offers to help her, thinking how cruel 
one of his sex has been to her, and before he real- 
izes it she has a hold on him and it is difficult to 
break away. 

Proverbs. Chapter 16. 

4. "The Lord hath made all things for Himself; 
yea even the wicked for the day of evil." 

The Author was reluctant to bring the social 
evil subject into this book, she thought what has 
that to do with healing and the spirits answered, 
you must touch upon all subjects pertaining to life 
as the Bible does. And as you have the necessary 
knowledge on this subject, you must bring it into 

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the book as it is for the healing of the soul and to 
save other souls from that course, which means 
only suffering for them and unfits them for the 
natural course of life. 

In regard to the social evil. A State or munici- 
pality has no right to drive these women out unless 
they have a home supported by the State to take 
them to, until employment can be found for them. 
They are not competent to do any kind of work and 
it is unmerciful to drive them out, as there is not 
employment enough for them all. 

Women can help to make work for the unem- 
ployed by refusing to wear any kind of fur except- 
ing that manufactured by hand, as this would in- 
crease the work in mills and also the work for those 
who sew for a living. And the merciless trappers 
■who inflict suffering on helpless dumb animals 
could find work in these factories. 

The author is sincere in this work, as her love for 
the helpless of any form of life is the all absorbing 
thought of her existence. 

(Read Chapter 9 of Judith in regard to women.) 

To give you an instance why the women should 
not be scattered in the residential quarters : A 
little news boy said to me, the lady across the 
street sent me on an errand and gave me a dollar 
and a half for going. I said what is the matter with 
her. He said, "she is drunk, she hasn't any clothes 
on." You can see what an education this boy is 
getting, his mother works to support her children. 
This could not happen in a segregated district. 

I was talking with a young woman a short time 

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ago, explaining how we have a right to ask for 
prosperity as Jesus says, "Do ye not give good gifts 
to your children" and she said, "They would not 
answer my prayers, I am done for, there is no sal- 
vation for me." And I told her the story of the lost 
sheep and I said, some day you will settle down and 
become a useful citizen. You are just the kind that 
can be of use in the world for one must have 
knowledge to be able to point out the danger to 
others. I said to her, if I ever get my "Home for 
Young Men," I will have professional men lecture 
there to tell these stories to my flock, just as Jesus 
did to his disciples and I will invite just such wo- 
men as you .there. 

"The Red Door." 

I do not advocate legalizing the Red Light dis- 
trict as this is recognizing them and making them 
feel that they are in the right to a certain extent, 
so it is best to ignore their existence and restrict 
them as far as possible. The social workers can aid 
the police in this and their agents, both men and 
women can keep new comers away. It could be 
handled much easier this way than at present for 
the new comers will take a chance of going to these 
places, thinking that the police have not located 
them all, and it is difficult to locate them all after 
scattering them all over a big city ; for many of 
them go to the suburbs to live and it takes some 
time to locate them again. But they notify their 
friends where they are located and they can con- 
tinue in the business in this way. 

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The most of these women are deeply in debt as 
they buy clothing, jewelry and everything- they 
need of men who call at these "houses" with 
samples to sell them goods on the installment plan, 
and then if business is dull, as it very often is, as 
they cease to attract after a while and they are 
deeply in debt and without money, also without 
friends, as the most of them are so grasping, that 
they will not assist another of their associates. 

Widowed mothers with several children to sup- 
port, must work during the day, and their little girls 
are on the streets after school hours, wholly unpro- 
tected. These young girls and boys become way- 
ward and you can go out any evening on the differ- 
ent streets and see two or three couples, girls and 
boys from twelve to sixteen years of age, convers- 
ing in loud voices on the most obscene subjects. 
And their mothers do not realize that they are be- 
ginning a very bad career. These mothers should 
be pensioned ; it would be much better to permit 
the mothers to be with their children than for the 
city or state to pay their board in an asylum or lay 
out the money for suppression of vice ; by heading 
off this menace in many directions it will be reduced 
to a minimum. 

Dress. 

Every mother should insist on a modest manner 
of dress for her daughters. Young women in busi- 
ness should not be allowed to wear jewelry and 
should dress their hair in as plain a style as possible 
and when they go to their homes, they may dress 

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as they wish. But to wear jewels in shops and ex- 
travagant clothing is to tempt those who cannot af- 
ford it to go into debt to get the same apparel, 
and as their income does not permit this extrava- 
gance, they must economize on their supply of food 
and this undermines their health. And they cannot 
give the best there is in them to their duties if their 
health is poor. 

And the girl who is wearing a business suit is 
lielping her poorer sister and in this way doing her 
duty toward her fellow beings. 

The employers of all large stores should insist 
that their employees should wear business apparel 
and no jewelry. They would not permit the men to 
go behind their counters in evening dress, why 
should they tolerate this in women? 

Every one of these young women should consider 
herself a part of the establishment she is working 
for, and aim to be an honor to it, and she will show 
her breeding by being a lady in her deportment and 
-dress, and not wear exaggeration of any style. If 
she wears a slit skirt for convenience in walking let 
it be a short slit with nearly a quarter of a yard flap, 
so the slit is not in evidence. It was placed there 
for comfort in walking and not for show. If we 
will be careful in our deportment, men will not 
need to legislate to prevent women from exposing 
themselves unnecessarily. It is a shame to the sex 
to read that many of the States have been obliged 
to legislate against immoral dressing, and danger- 
ous hatpins. It does not go a long way toward con- 
vincing men that women are capable of ruling 

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states by the ballot or otherwise. Every woman 
should feel her importance, from the little cash girl 
up to the high salaried woman and she must fill her 
part to the credit of all. 

A young lady that is modest will not display her 
attractions to the coarse man on the streets, if she 
has any charms they should be displayed to the near 
and dear friends of her immediate circle, who will 
not make vulgar remarks about her as the vulgar 
men of the street do. Ecclesiticus, chapter 9: 43. 

The Father waketh for his daughter when no 
man knoweth ; and the care for her taketh away 
sleep ; when she is young, lest she pass away the> 
flower of her age and being married lest she be; 
hated: (Also 10th). >, 

11. Keep a sure watch over a shameless daugh- 
ter, lest she make thee a laughing-stock to thine 
enemies, and a by word in the city, and a reproach 
among the people and make thee ashamed before 
the multitude. 

St. Luke, Chapter 8. 

2. And certain women which had been healed of 
evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, 
out of whom seven devils were cast. 

I do not intend to place this subject before you 
in a sensational light, there is much that I have 
learned that I cannot publish, but I have found that 
it is not the uneducated or uncultivated that are 
among the immoral, for the above mentioned cling 
to religion and their early training. 

Also I find that there is very little "White Slav- 

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ery." A daughter or wife will go astray and on be- 
ing found will tell her friends that she was held 
against her will, so as to make herself appear right 
in their estimation and refuses to prosecute so as 
to save the family. name. This is subterfuge, they 
went voluntarily and tell this story to get sympathy 
instead of blame. 

LET HIM WHO HATH NOT SINNED CAST 
THE FIRST STONE, 

Chapter 8, 2. And early in the morning He came 
again into the temple and all the people came unto 
Him; and He sat down and taught them. 

3. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto 
Him a woman, taken in adultery. 

5. Now Moses in the law commanded us that 
such should be stoned but what sayest thou? 

6. This they said, tempting Him, that they 
might accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and 
with His finger wrote on the ground as though He 
heard not. 

7. So when they continued asking Him he lifted 
up Himself, and said unto them, He that is without 
sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." 

8. And again He stooped down and wrote on the 
ground. 

Chapter 6, 9. And they which heard it, being 
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by 
one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last ; and 
Jesus was left alone and the woman standing in the 
midst. 

10. When Jesus had lifted up Himself and saw 

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none but the woman He said unto her, woman, 
where are those thine accusers? hath no man con- 
demned thee? 

II. She said, "No man, Lord," and Jesus said, 
unto her, Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no 
more. 

Why do I place all these subjects in this book? 
Because all the ways of living are religion and of 
God. The Bible teaches God, and all the best ways 
of living. I can not copy the passages in the Bible, 
mentioning the social evil for they would be too 
offensive for the twentieth century critics to enter- 
tain, as this subject is printed in plain English and 
is not handled with gloves. 

To learn what I have written here I walked 
through all the scorching sorrow and darkness of 
sin, but I held my head up and with my eyes toward 
what might be attained further on, by saving the 
awful heartache to many mothers, which must 
come to them through the downfall of a dear child 
that they would gladly lay down their life for. 

"I walked in a light divine 
The path I had feared to see." 



WHEN MY WORK IS DONE. 

Though the call to the wilds is strong 
And the fields I long for are green, 
My heart is full of the song, 
Of duty so plain to be seen. 

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I can hear His voice so dear, 
Telling me 'tis bright just ahead, 
That I have nothing to fear, 
To follow where He has lead. 

My heart a glad song is singing, 
When I think of the fields so fair, 
And the birds and butterflies winging, 
And the daisies and field flowers there. 

And I know that sometime in the future, 
The day that I've longed for will come, 
That I'll go back to the flowers and nature, 
And hear His voice saying, "Well Done." 

(End of Part One) 



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THE GIFT OF HEALING. 



SPIRITUALISM. 

It is the author's earnest desire to serve her fel- 
low beings and if she can point out the way to the 
laws of nature and God, to anyone, she will feel 
that she has fulfilled her purpose to serve. She has 
no desire to lead, for her little light is only one of 
the stars in the sky of life, and she is but an echo of 
the Master teacher who has passed from the view of 
the physical eyes, but whose noble life lights all 
the world, for without Christianity the animal side 
of nature would prevail. 

If you will consider the sacrifice He made, to 
prove the spirit side of life you will realize how 
real spirit is. It is this sacrifice, that stands out so 
clear today and causes so many to acknowledge 
Flim, and oh ! the pity of it all, to think that He was 
so persecuted, for doing good to the sick, and help- 
less, it makes one feel, that if they only could give 
up their life to make amends for all the persecution 
and cruelty that He suffered ; and yet, every time a 
brother or sister is persecuted to-day, we are again 
crucifying Christ. He proves this, in His words to 
St. Paul, "Saul, Saul! why persecuteth thou me?" 

The medical profession, and the heads of many 
religions, are persecuting Christ through his fellow- 
men, and disciples, the faith curists and spiritual 
science healers. Spiritualism was the first religion, 



THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

as the old and new Testaments prove and it will 
in time be the only religion all over the world. I 
have given you, only parts of the different chapters 
proving spiritualism, and Psychic power and proph- 
ecy, and I would advise my readers, to write the 
numbers of the different chapters mentioned here 
and read them in full and they will find much more 
to prove my statement, as well as learn more of the 
self-sacrificing Christ, who came to give us proof of 
spirit return. 

Matthew, Chapter 5-12, 12th Verse. 

Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your 
reward in heaven ; for so persecuted they the pro- 
phets which came before you.} 

Christ says we are to rejoice, when we are perse- 
cuted for being healers, mediums and psychics, and 
we know that this same persecution leads others 
to think and to study the teachings of Christ, and 
also to assist us to gain the freedom to practice our 
belief. 

Joel, Chapter 2, Verse 28. 

And it shall come to pass, afterward, that I will 
pour out my spirit, upon all flesh, and your sons 
and daughters shall prophesy, and your old men 
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see 
visions. 

This chapter proves that the greatest gift that 
can be bestowed upon anyone by the Lord is to be 
a seer, psychic or prophet. 

Spiritualism teaches us the law of nature which 

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is physical and spirit combined, destroy a living 
being and the spirit has left and only matter re- 
mains, destroy the tree and the God life departs 
and leaves only wood. This proves that nature is 
spirit life, that without spirit nothing would exist, 
spirit is the motive power, for all is inanimate, 
without the eternal spark, life. 

You can not consider nature without spirit, for 
the two are inseparable, unless the tie is severed 
by what we call death, which is when the spirit has 
progressed as far as it can in the physical form 
which holds it for the present. 

Spiritualism as Jesus Lived and Practised It. 

F Reader, do you doubt spiritualism? Then read 
the life and teachings of Jesus, and you will find 
that he healed and prophesied through the spirit 
power that God had given him and he taught his 
disciples to use the power that belongs to every- 
body, by divine right. Spiritualism embodies 
everything that is good and true and of high 
principle.! 

Those who use the power to defraud and for 
gain are like the lying prophets of the old testa- 
ment, who were a lot of mad men thirsting for 
blood and vengeance. If the law of Moses had 
been sufficient, there would have been no necessity 
of a Christ to bring about reform, as they had 
prophets and seers, but they used their psychic 
power for gain. 

Tests, and all business pertaining to spiritualism 
and mediums, should be done in separate halls ; the 

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church or temple should be devoted to lectures and 
sermons, taken from the life of Jesus and the saints 
as given in the New Testament, for the greatest 
proof of materialization and spirit messages is given 
in the New Testament. 

You may say "Of what use is spiritualism?" It 
is a great consolation to know that life does not end 
here, that the spirit is only placed in the body so 
that it may grow and progress in a physical world 
and be fitted to go to a higher sphere, just as one 
must go from a school to one of a higher grade. 

Spiritualism is of great assistance to us here in 
this world, as those in the spirit Avorld have pro- 
gressed and can advise us to our advantage on 
business and on all the affairs of life. If in danger, 
we are warned, if there is illness coming upon us 
we are warned, and told what the outcome will be, 
whether to permit a surgical operation or not, or to 
prepare for death. 

A Warning to Investigators of Spiritualism. 

I will give you good advice here in regard to 
mediums. Shun the mediums that say "You may 
ask questions" before giving you a sitting. They 
should give you what they get without any ques- 
tions, and never ask a medium how to invest 
money. Find your place of investment first, and if 
you want a medium's advice as to whether that is 
a good way to invest, simply ask, "Will I do in re- 
gard to business what I have planned?" 

In this way they will not try to get your money 
away from you, for many who are not psychics 
take up mediumship to defraud the unsuspecting. 

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And some who are good mediums, who feel that 
they do not take money fast enough, negotiate with 
some one who has bogus stocks or 'real estate 
schemes and in this way get all the money their 
victim has and then they disappear. 

Spiritualists are organizing now and registering 
their psychics and mediums and in this way they 
can weed out the frauds and then the law can take 
hold of those who can not show their certificate 
from the spiritual association. And every spiritua- 
list should assist in denouncing the fakes, as it is 
an offence to heaven to permit fraud in the name 
of spirit, and they can not be too severely dealt 
with. 

The Author consulted a medium a short time ago 
just to see if she was real and the medium did not 
ask a question but told her just what was on her 
mind and the outcome. Also told her she would 
write a book that her work would reach world wide. 
The work I hope to do, I have told you of in this 
book, and the success for this book I have yet to 
learn, as I am writing it now. 

She also told me of a band of spirits that came 
with me, who had told me in my own home to write 
and to do the work I hope to do. These are things 
the medium could not know, as she could not know 
that the spirits had told me in my home. 

You will notice in the verses I have copied from 
the Bible that the prophets always tell the person 
what they came to see them about. Jesus did this 
also; without asking questions He told the woman 
who went with a pitcher to get water that she had 

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many husbands, and she was frightened, as it was 

true. 

«« Some male mediums make love to women who 

go to them for advice, so they can get their money 

away from them. They even go so far as to marry 

women in every State so as to get their money and 

then leave them. - 

The Holy Ghost. 

St. John, 26, Chap. 14 But the comforter, which 
is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
My name, He shall teach you all things and bring 
all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have 
said unto you. 

Chap. 15, 16. Ye have not chosen Me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go 
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father 
in My name He may give it to you. 

17. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated 
Me before it hated you. 

19. If ye were of the world, the world would 
love his own; but because ye are not of the world, 
but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore 
the world hateth you. 

20. Remember the word I have said unto you, 
the servant is not greater than his Lord. If they 
persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if 
they have kept my saying, they will also keep 
yours. 

26. But when the "comforter" is come, whom I 
will send unto you from the Father, even the 

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spirit of the truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me. 

Chap. 16, 7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; it 
is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not 
away, the comforter will not come unto you ; but if 
I depart I will send him unto you. 

8. And when He is come, He will reprove the 
world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. 

13. Howbeit, when Fie, the Spirit of Truth, is 
come, He will guide you into all truth; but what- 
soever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He 
will show you things to come. 

14. He shall glorify Me; for He shall receive of 
Mine and shall shew it unto you. 

I. Samuel, 1-6. And the spirit of the Lord will 
come upon thee and thou shalt prophesy with them 
and shalt be turned into another man. 

7. And let it be, when these signs are come unto 
thee, that do as occasion serve thee, for God is 
with thee. 

II. And it came to pass when all that knew Him 
before times saw that behold, He prophesied among 
the prophets, then the people said one to another, 
"What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? 
Is Saul also among the prophets?" 

In Samuel, Chap. 10-6. — "Thou shalt be turned in 
to another man," is the trance condition, and change 
which takes place when a spirit controls the 
medium. 

Also, "When these signs are come unto thee." 
This means to give out whatever the spirits give 
you, for God has sent the Holy Ghost to you. 

We have in this verse of Chapter 16, 13, of St. 
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John, in regard to the Holy Ghost, which is spoken 
of as the Comforter, "Howbeit when He the Spirit 
of Truth is come, He will guide you into all truth, 
but whatsoever He shall hear that shall He speak; 
and He will shew you things to come." 

When the Spirit of Truth or the Holy Ghost has 
come to a psychic, He guides the psychic and gives 
to the medium or psychic that which is given to 
him from the spirit side of life and that which is 
from the Holy Spirit can be nothing but the truth, 
for if the psychic is real, and has received the "Com- 
forter," whatever he or she receives must be the 
truth, for only the truth can come from God. 

Then Christ says of the "Comforter," He will 
show you things to come. This line proves that 
the "Holy Ghost" will foretell the future to the 
psychic. 

All real psychics know this to be a fact I. have 
often received information which was sometimes 
verified in a few hours ; other information was veri- 
fied in days, months or years, according to the time 
it took to bring about what was predicted. 

The Acts, 6-39. But if it be of God, ye cannot 
overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight 
against God. ^ 

Spiritualism is of God, and it can not be over- 
thrown, as its glorious mission is reaching every 
part of the world, and in America alone there are 
over ten million of this following, and thousands 
are of this belief that do not profess it, nevertheless 
our numbers are increasing steadily and surely. 

The Acts, 6-5. And the saying pleased the whole 
multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of 

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faith and of the Holy Ghost and Philip and Pro- 
chorus, and Mecanor and Timor and Parmenas and 
Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch. 

6. Whom they set before the Apostles and when 
they prayed they laid their hands on them. 

7. And the word of God increased ; and the num- 
ber of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly 
and a great company of the priests were obedient 
to the faith. 

8. And Stephen full of faith and power did great 
wonders and miracles among the people. 

10. And they were not able to resist the wisdom 
and the Spirit by which he spake. 

11. Then they suborned men, which said, we 
have heard him speak blasphemous words against 
Moses and against God. 

51. Ye stiff necked and uncircumsized in heart 
and ears, ye do always resist the "Holy Ghost," as 
your fathers did, so do ye. 

52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers 
persecuted? And they have slain them which 
shewed before of the coming of the Just One of 
whom ye have been now the betrayers and mur- 
derers. 

53. Who have received the law by the disposi- 
tion of Angels and have not kept it. 

55. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked 
up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of 
God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. 

56. And said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened 
and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of 
God." 

57. Then they cried out with a loud voice and 

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stopped their ears and ran upon him with one ac- 
cord. 

58. And cast him out of the city and stoned him. 
And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a 
young man's feet whose name was Saul. 

59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God 
and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 

60. And he kneeled down and cried with a loud 
voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge," and 
when he had said this he fell asleep. 

The Acts, Chap. 8-1. And Saul was consenting 
unto his death. And at that time there was great 
persecution against the church which was at Jeru- 
salem, and they were all scattered abroad through- 
out the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the 
apostles. 

2. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial 
and made great lamentations over him. 

3. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, 
entering every house and hailing men and women 
and committing them to prison. 

"This Saul is the man upon whom the Holy 
Ghost suddenly descended while he was on his way 
to persecute more of the followers of Christ, then 
lie became a prophet and was named Paul and 
followed Christ's footsteps ever after. Everyone 
should read the beautiful epistles of Paul to his fol- 
lowers and they will learn what a great change the 
gift of prophecy and of the "Holy Ghost" can make 
in a man. One would never dream that the awful 
man Saul who was determined to destroy every one 
who believed in Christ can be the holy man that 
Paul became after he received the gift of prophecy. 

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And it is the same with all psychics ; they feel that 
a new world has opened for them, the veil has been 
lifted and they have been let into the friendship 
and partnership of God, and they become holy with 
the responsibility of this new life teeming with all 
the wealth of love that only God can give to mortals 
through the Holy Ghost. 

Daniel, Chap. 3-21. ''And the king commanded 
that these men be bound and their coats, their 
hosen and their hats, and their other garments and 
they be cast into the midst of the burning fiery 
furnace." 

23. "And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach 
and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of 
the fiery furnace." 

24. ''Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was aston- 
ished, and rose up in haste, and said unto the coun- 
sellors, 'Did not we cast three men bound into the 
midst of the fire?' They said, 'True, O King.' " 

25. "He said to them, T see four men loose, 
walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no 
hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of 
God.' " 

26. "Then the king came near the fiery furnace, 
and spake, and said, 'Shadrach, Mesach and Abed- 
nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, 
and come hither.' Then they came forth out of the 
midst of the fire." 

2.7. "And the princes, governors and captains 
and all gathered there saw these men upon whose 
bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of 
their heads singed, neither were their coats 
changed, nor smell of fire had passed them." 

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28. "Then said the king, 'Blessed be the God of 
these men, who hath sent His angel and delivered 
His servants that trusted in Him/ " 

29. "Because there is no other God that can de- 
liver after this sort." 

God's emissary, an angel, announced the coming 
birth of Christ, this is spiritualism and prophesy, 
just as we have it today, a spirit announces some- 
thing about to take place to a medium or psychic, 
and it is given to the person or persons for whom it 
is intended; the shepherds who saw the star of 
Bethlehem were ordinary men and the vision of the 
birth of the Christ child was given to them in a 
trance or vision, by the same process that we re- 
ceive messages in this century. The only differ- 
ence is that they were honest, God fearing men and 
they were respected for the gift of prophecy, which 
they possessed, and all through the Bible you will 
find that they made use of this gift in religion and 
business, and in every walk of life, and the kings 
also had their favorite prophets to consult whenever 
necessary. 



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Invocation. 

Let me live today as if it was my last day on this 
earth, and let my attitude toward my loved ones 
and friends and the whole world at large be what I 
would want it to be on my last day, in expressing 
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PROGRESSION. 

Spiritualism prepares us for the continuation of 
our life after we leave the earth plane, and enables 
us to avoid much suffering and delay of the progres- 
sion which must take place, for we must learn there, 
just as we must learn to walk here. 

If we understand that we have left the natural 
life for the spiritual we will soon be placed where 
we will progress, but if we still think we are living 
in the natural life we will refuse all assistance and 
wander around alone trying to make out what has 
happened to us. But by understanding that the 
spirit is the real, instead of the temporary life, we 
will soon be at home there, and meet those whom 
we have known before. 

Spiritualism fits us for this natural progression, 
and after we have left the casket or shell, which the 
real self, the spirit, has inhabited we are at home in 
the new sphere of life, and are not confused and 
lost for a long time as many poor souls are. 

Spirit works through physical force, if people had 
progressed to a high degree we would have no need 
of a humane society, because a soul that has pro- 
gressed is all kindness to even/ form of life, animal 
or vegetable. 

When the world has reached this stage of pro- 
gression the Humane Societies' work will be to 
prevent disease and heal. 

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It is strange that the old religions do not wake up 
and teach humane kindness in their Sunday 
Schools. A child that is taught not to destroy the 
life of any animal or destroy any vegetation need- 
lessly, and to be equally considerate of the feelings 
of its parents and friends, will make a very desirable 
citizen. All of the later day religions and humane 
societies are following these teachings. 

A boy or girl taught to observe the rights of all 
of God's creatures will not desert their religion and 
God as soon as they grow up, for if they are taught 
that they owe a duty to all that God has created 
their religion is with them everywhere they go; 
they have not left it behind them in a church, for 
the religion of love and humane kindness we take 
with us everywhere and have use for it always. 

It is a crime to teach a child that the beautiful 
living creatures we see around us everywhere were 
only made to destroy, for sport. Instead teach 
them to photograph the different forms of animal 
life ; their collection may be of much value to them 
in time to come. Have them write upon the habits 
of each creature they have photographed, take one 
of the little feathers and see how perfectly and 
beautifully it is formed and how perfect the bird or 
animal is, and how much thought the creative 
mind, God, has used in perfecting it. To go hunt- 
ing with a camera, instead of a gun, is instructive 
and beneficial, as the time passed in the open air 
and forest is good for old and young, and helpless 
young are not left to starve as they are when a boy 
goes gunning. 

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the boy who is injured when gunning, for they 
should not permit their child to take a creature's 
life for sport, and it would be easy to interest them 
in hunting with a camera, and they would have 
something to show for it. A boy could give quite 
an evening's entertainment lecturing upon progres- 
sion, the habits, homes or nests with pictures of 
each. 

We sometimes see pictures in daily papers of col- 
lections of stuffed birds, and the picture of the boy 
or men who shot these beautiful creatures stating 
that "He is a lover of birds." He is a lover of 
mummies, not birds. 

How far has civilized man progressed when men 
and women call it "sport" to go out and kill and 
maim defenceless and harmless dumb creatures? 

Spiritism teaches us that every time a needless 
cruelty is perpetrated it stunts the soul and retards 
progression. 

To know the different forms of life is to know 
God in the many ways that he manifests his work. 

The Message. 

What has spiritualism done for the author? This : 
She was inspired to write the little book "How to 
Make Use of the Power Within for Health and 
Prosperity," and was told by the spirits to publish 
it, as it would be well received, and it was very 
graciously received, as many letters of appreciation 
for the work were received, thanking her for the 
good it was doing. 

The spirits foretold a dangerous illness. She was 
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she saw herself ill and in a limp condition; then 
she received a written message "automatically" say- 
ing that she would be very ill but would get well, 
and would have better health than she ever had, 
and the last warning came in a dream. She was in 
a white boat with one sail on front, a square sail 
(this is called the death boat) ; there was an awful 
storm raging and the small boat tossed so she 
thought it must capsize, but at last she caught a 
rope that steadied the boat, and it sailed so swiftly 
for shore that she felt that she would be dashed to 
pieces when the boat struck the land ; but when 
the boat reached the shore it turned gently on its 
side and the writer stepped out. 

This dream interpreted meant that death would 
be near, but that she would speedily recover, after 
the danger was past. A few days later she was 
taken suddenly and violently ill. A physician said 
there was an internal growth and when she was 
stronger she must submit to a surgical operation. 
This she refused to do. 

That night she turned out the light at her usual 
bed time about ten o'clock, and was in great pain. 
She closed her eyes and thought it would be awful 
to endure that pain always ; she had been ill then 
two weeks; in an instant, although she was alone, 
some one touched her arm, and she heard a click 
and a little whirr and a woman's voice spoke from 
the head of the bed, saying "Your Spiritual Instruc- 
tor is here sitting at your elbow; listen to what he 
has to say." She did not open her eyes, and a deep 
bass voice spoke, saying "We are told to tell you 
that we have taken charge of your case; you are 

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not to have an operation. You are to get well ; you 
will be better in a week; Ave have lots of work yet 
for you to do; you are not to try to do anything, 
just get well; we will provide for you wholly." 

The voice died away into silence and she was so 
happy because she felt that she was not alone, then 
she grew much worse and sinking spells came on, 
one after another, until she felt that endurance had 
reached a limit and she could not retain her senses 
much longer. The pain became more intense and 
the awful weakness and trembling after each sink- 
ing spell and she was alone, just her little dog and 
her invisible friends, and she thought she would 
never be able to do the work they had just told her 
she must do, not on this side. 

Then the growth which her physician told her 
she had broke itself. This is what was causing all 
the weakness and sinking. No one can ever realize 
the agony she was in. She had grown a very large 
cyst tumor and was not conscious of it until it had 
grown so large that it had displaced all the internal 
organs. But the spirits who had taken charge of 
her case must have performed the operation for 
her, for she has lived to do their work, and she 
feels that their work is this book, and any work that 
may come after it. 

This is her message to the world from the spirit 
world. She came back from the border of the 
grave, feeling that she had entered a new life, for 
she knew that from that time she was never alone, 
the spirit band was ever near to guide and assist 
her, and she has proof that the spirit life is the real 
life since then. 

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She closed her eyes and asked would she live to 
do her work, and she saw Death at the foot of her 
bed. He passed slowly by in his winding sheet 
and his face and head wound with white, excepting 
black holes for eyes. He turned his head and 
looked at her lying there, and he raised his skeleton 
arm and waved good-bye. This meant that he had 
passed close to her but would not stop this time. 
Had he intended to take her he would have ex- 
tended his arms. 

False Prophets. 

Let us get together and say ''For God and 
humanitarian principles" (not for God and religion) 
beware of the religion that says "all will be of our 
denomination in this country," for any religion that 
holds out that hope is seeking power and authority. 
By standing by the religion that prays that all will 
be for God regardless of denomination, we will 
obey His will. 

Christ came to revise the law of destruction and 
to do away with false prophets and to promote the 
brotherhood of man. 

) Not long ago a clergyman made a plea for more 
money for missionary work among those who know 
nothing of Christ, and he deeply deplored the fact 
that another religion was making rapid strides in 
missionary work among the heathen. Instead of 
telling them that the light of Christ was reaching 
the heathen and rejoicing over the fact, God should 
be first, not earthly power. \ 

Missionaries all over the world deserve great 
credit for their self-sacrificing work, regardless of 

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denomination. Many have lost their lives, have 
been killed by cannibals or they were destroyed in 
revolts among- nations or they succumbed to tropi- 
cal fevers. We who are living in comfortable loca- 
tions do not realize what these missionaries suffer 
to spread the Gospel of Christ, and we should ap- 
preciate every one of them regardless of the religion 
they represent. 

An Angel Opposeth Balaam. 
Numbers, Chap. 23, 21. And Balaam rose up in 
the morning and saddled his ass and went with the 
princes of Moab. 

22. And God's anger was kindled because he 
went; and the angel of the Lord stood in the way 
for an adversary against him. Now he was riding 
on his ass and his two servants were with him. 

23. And the ass saw the angel of the Lord stand- 
ing in the way and his sword drawn in his hand, 
and the ass turned aside out of the way and went 
into the field, and Balaam smote the ass to turn her 
into the way. 

24. But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of 
the vineyards, a wall being on this side and a wall 
on that side. 

25. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord 
she thrust herself unto the wall and crushed 
Balaam's foot against the wall, and he smote her 
again. 

26. And the angel of the Lord went and stood in 
a narrow place where there was no way to turn 
either to the right nor the left hand. 

27. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord 

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she fell down under Balaam. And Balaam's anger 
was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 

28. And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass 
and she said unto Balaam, "What have I done unto 
thee that thou hast smitten me these three times?" 

29. And Balaam said unto the ass "Because thou 
hast mocked me. I would there were a sword in 
mine hand, for now I would kill thee." 

30. And the ass said unto Balaam, "Am I not 
thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I 
was thine unto this day? Was I ever wont to do 
so unto thee?" And he said "Nay." 

31. Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam 
and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the 
way with his sword drawn in his hand and he 
bowed down his head and fell flat on his face. 

32. And the angel of the Lord said unto him, 
"Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass three 
times? Beheld I went out to withstand thee be- 
cause thy way is perverse before me." 

33. "And the ass saw me three times and turned 
from me; unless she had turned from me surely 
now also I had slain thee and saved her alive." 

34. And Balaam said unto the angel of the 
Lord, "I have sinned, for I knew not that thou 
stoodest in the way against me. Now therefore if 
it displease thee I will get me back again." 

Here we have materialization and psychic vision 
for both man and beast ; the Lord opened Balaam's 
eyes just as he does the eyes of the mediums of this 
century. It is also a well known fact that animals 
have clairvoyant vision. 

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Raphael Sent to Aid Tobias. 

Apocrypha, Chap. 6, i. Then the young man said 
to the angel, "Brother Azanas, to what use is the 
heart and the liver, and the gall of the fish?" 

7. And he said unto him, touching the heart and 
the liver, "If a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we 
must make a smoke thereof before the man or 
woman, and the party shall be no more vexed. 

8. ''As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man 
that hath whiteness of the eyes, and he shall be 
healed." 

Chapter 11, 7. Then said Raphael, I know, 
Tobias, that thy Father will open his eyes. 

8. Therefore anoint thou his eyes with the gall 
of the fish and being pricked therewith, he shall 
rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall 
see thee. 

This chapter proves that the Bible does not claim 
that all diseases were cured by prayer or faith, but 
that remedies were used. 

Chap. 12, 7. It is good to keep the secrets of a 
king but it is honorable to reveal the works of God. 

8. It is better to give Alms than to lay up gold. 

15. I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, 
which present the prayers of the saint, and which 
go in and out before the Glory of the Holy One. 

18. For not of any favor of mine, but by the will 
of our God I came ; wherefore praise Him forever. 

19. All these days I did appear unto you; but I 
did neither eat nor drink, but ye see a vision. 

20. Now therefore give God thanks ; for I go to 
Him that sent me, but write all things in a book. 

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21. And when they arose they saw him no more. 

22. Then they confessed the great and wonder- 
ful works of God and how the angel of the Lord 
had appeared unto them. 

This is materialization, just as we have it today, 
only this cannot be proven to all, as the ungodly 
drive the spirits away, as they do not believe, by 
the command of Christ, "Cast not pearls before 
swine." 

The angel Raphael told Tobias to cure his father 
Tobit of blindness by shew. 

How beautiful the story of the seven angels, who 
present our prayers and requests to the "Most 
High." This proves to us that we are in close 
touch with our spirit home. Why should we not 
be? When we are spirit now, sent here to pro- 
gress, and the fact that they are ever ready to take 
these messages, shows how close they are to us at 
all times. 

Very often the author closes her eyes at night 
and is thinking and hoping that certain things will 
come about, when suddenly she is shown how this 
will progress. It is given to her in pictures like the 
moving pictures. For instance she was thinking 
whether she would bring out this book right away. 
She was not asking the spirits, although her eyes 
were closed, when suddenly she saw a spirit clothed 
in white with a halo around the head and a lighted 
candle, and the arm extended as far as it could 
reach. This meant let your light shine, of course. 
As this book is inspired by spirit, it is the spirit 
light that will shine; the candle and light were 
white like an electric light. 



THE GIFT OF HEALING. 

Another time I was lying down and thinking of 
something - that annoyed me very much. My eyes 
were closed when I saw a sheet of water, and an air 
ship hovering over it, and the airship dove into the 
water and disappeared. This meant that the an- 
noyance would be wiped out, and it was. It ceased 
to trouble me. 

This proves that our guardian angels enter our 
thoughts and try to assist us and make the way 
clear, and they are trying to reach you who are 
troubled, but you dwell on your troubles and affairs 
of life so much that it makes it difficult for them 
to reach you. Sometimes they reach people in 
dreams, as they can control their thoughts then. If 
you will try to give five minutes' thought to this 
subject at night before going to sleep you may get 
results. Pray and then ask, you may get it ; that is, 
you hear it, yet it is not spoken so anyone else can 
hear it, for the answer comes into your mind. 

Sometimes I am looking for something I can 
not find, and as I have other work to do I cannot 
take the time to look for it, and I ask the spirits to 
tell me where it is, I must have it. I go back to 
my work and suddenly after a few moments it 
comes into my mind to go and lift up some papers 
or a box and I find it there. I never fail to find it 
after asking. 

Just as Raphael said to Tobias, write these things 
in a book; so I am told by the spirits that I must 
give out the message that is given to me ; they are 
using me to reach those who would welcome this 
beautiful truth, if they only knew how to find it. 

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Visions. 



Those who have Psychic visions, know that the 
old Masters painted thier angels with wings, be- 
cause they had psychic visions, and angels were pic- 
tured with wings. 

Whenever the Author is shown an angel or cupid 
in a psychic vision, they are always shown with 
wings. 

Sometime ago I was shown in a vision that a per- 
son would go out of this world and I will tell you 
of this vision just as I saw it. A burst of light came 
and I was looking down into a room, a person was 
lying on the bed and there were large easy chairs 
near, when a flash of light, white like electric light 
came and an angel in white with her robe twisted 
around her feet, and large white wings, flew down 
to the bed, and when she went up she held the per- 
son in her arms, and their head against her cheek, 
and then the vision was gone. 

And I thought that if their going out was as beau- 
tiful as that, we should never feel badly when they 
go. Just think how beautiful that was and how 
little we have to fear, when one of Gods emissaries, 
comes for our loved ones in this beautiful way and 
folds their pure white wings about them ; is it any 
wonder that a psychic sees the world and its sor- 
rows in a different light from the rest of the world? 

You who see in visions must try to understand 
what is given you. Ask a question and try to in- 
terpret what is given; now if you ask about a per- 
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show you this person with horns, as evil is repre- 
sented by horns ; also if there is treachery toward 
you. there will be a black cat and the person who is. 
treacherous will be shown looking very cross at 
you ; do not think you are seeing the devil when you 
see the person with horns, but notice whose face 
it is. 

One time I asked if a certain Governor would 
be elected again, and I saw a platform and empty 
seats, and in the back of the hall with his back 
toward me was a red headed boy, I said, "that isn't 
any answer at all," then the light was thrown on 
that red head until it looked like fire ; then it dawn- 
ed on me that the spirits were very up-to-date and 
were using the slang phrase, "red headed," meaning 
angry. The next day was election day and the 
candidate I favored lost and I was not pleased. 

When they show me a baby it signifies new life. 
I asked, if I was to go to the next world was that 
the new life ? Then they showed me a globe slowly 
revolving which I interpreted as meaning that I 
would have a new life on this globe. 

The Author is not a religious fanatic. She is 
broad and liberal and accepts the Gospel in the light 
that Christ gave it, that all may be among the high- 
est in time to come, if they have the will to do so. 

A person may have done every wrong and yet be- 
come a saint; Christ said to the Apostles, when 
they asked who then shall be saved? "All things 
are possible to God." 

Spiritualism means life. Real and joyous life, 
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lief, we must escape much of the sorrow of life, ow- 
ing to our loved ones leaving for the eternal home, 
where Jesus went to prepare the mansions for those 
he loved, and died for. He died in bringing the 
truth of eternal life to us, for his message to this 
world was one of love, and duty to all our fellow 
creatures, and to be just to all. So we could pre- 
pare to continue our life's work after we leave the 
body and avoid remaining close to this earth while 
learning how to live there. 

There are many spiritual societies under different 
names all over the world and their numbers are in- 
creasing all the time. It is the members of these 
societies with their high standard of Justice and 
deep regard for humane kindness that will bring 
about the progression of the world. When we have 
progressed men will not be in politics for the money 
there is in it or for the honor of it, but there will be 
" Leaders of Men" full of brotherly love and hu- 
mane kindness, whose earnest desire will be to help 
their fellowmen in every way possible. 

The next generation, only a quarter of a century 
from the present time, can accomplish much in this 
direction, if the people of today will bring up their 
children in the right way and with the thought be- 
fore them that they are here to be of some use in 
the world and not for their own selfish pleasure. 
Make them feel the importance of their duty in this 
life ; if they have money do not permit them always 
to spend it for their own pleasure, tell them of aged 
people who drop down on the streets, from slow 
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helping these poor people, also little children who 
do not have milk. 

Can you imagine what the mother heart must feel 
when her child is hungry for milk, and she must 
give it water. I have seen all this ; the helpless 
aged, and poor baby, and these were among those 
who would not appeal to charitable associations. 
They were poor and would starve before going to 
one of these places. I have helped them all I could 
but that was only temporary relief and I was pow- 
erless to do more for them. If there Avas a fund 
where people in this station of life could borrow 
and return it in small sums this would not be char- 
ity and they would accept it and in this way the 
fund committee could ascertain whether they were 
worthy, without humiliating them, and if they 
could not return the amount borrowed it would not 
matter. 

Another form of progression is to have some one 
appointed to protect the interest and rights of the 
immigrants coming to work here ; he is the one who 
builds our highways and bridges and canals and 
railroads. I have watched these poor fellows work- 
ing and doing their best and a boss standing by urg- 
ing them to work faster. This is extreme cruelty to 
man or beast. There is nothing that wears on the 
nerves so much as to be urged when you are doing 
the best you can. 

I am pointing out all these wrongs because I hope 
that many mothers will read this book and tell them 
to their children, for they will be the employers of 
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her little "brood" up to be helpful and kind to all 
of God's creatures, is doing much more toward pro- 
gression, than the woman who lectures in public, 
for the mother practices her belief in her home life 
and develops progression. 



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SPIRITUALISM. 

'The poets read the future and foretell what is 
coming long before and far better than either the 
experimenter or the patentee. Tennyson made ref- 
erence in 1842 when he wrote, "There rained a 
ghastly den of falling human bodies from Airy 
Navies." Already 300 aviators have fallen from the 
"Central Blue" in which hostile navies may yet 
grapple. ^ 

I have copied the remarks above from a news- 
paper. It is a well known-fact that "Tennyson" was 
a psychic. I have read of his personal investiga- 
tions along spiritual lines and how he received evi- 
dence of spirit manifestations. 

The Holy Ghost. 

II Peter, Chapter 1. For the prophecy came not 
in the olden time by the will of man but holy men 
of God spake, as they were moved by the Holy 
Ghost. 

Chapter 2, 1. But there were false prophets also 
among the people, even as there shall be false teach- 
ers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable 
heresies even denying the Lord that bought them. 

We are told in this chapter that we can not have 
the gift of prophecy because we wish it, for it is 
gained usually, by the faith of a person, and their 
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them ; their enduring fortitude is observed by the 
powers above and rewarded by the " Great Light" 
suddenly being given them ; and then they do not 
regret that they suffered so much, for their happi- 
ness in knowing that they have been chosen to ex- 
press the divine truth. Here, is the greatest happi- 
ness that can be bestowed on any mortal. 

The Acts, Chapter 8-14. Now when the apostles 
which were at Jerusalem heard Samaria had re- 
ceived the word of God, they sent unto them Peter 
and John. 

15. Who, when they were come down, prayed 
for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. 

16. For as yet he was fallen upon none of them, 
only they were baptised in the name of the Lord 
Jesus. 

17. Then laid they their hands on them and they 
received the Holy Ghost. 

18. And when Simon saw that through the lay- 
ing on of the Apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was 
given he offered them money. 

19. Saying give me also power that on whom- 
soever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy 
Ghost. 

But Peter said unto him, thy money perish with 
thee because thou hast thought that the gift of God 
may be purchased with money. 

Some religions today are accepting money for 
teaching faith healing. 

This gift can only be received by faith and prayer, 
1/ you may learn the manner of using it, but you can 

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not acquire the gift of healing which is the Holy- 
Ghost, from any one who accepts pay for it. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 16, 16. And Simon Peter 
answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the son of 
the living God. 

17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, 
blessed art thou Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood 
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which 
is in heaven. 

18. And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter and 
upon this rock Twill build my church and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. 

19. And I will give unto you the keys of the 
kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind 
on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever 
thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

Priests and clergymen claim to have the power 
that was vested in St. Peter, but it is only those 
who have received the "Holy Ghost" and the power 
of interpretation and divination who have the power 
to bind or loose as they are advised by the heavenly 
host in a psychic vision, as to what is right to give 
or withhold. 

All ordained ministers have not received the Holy 
Ghost and can not understand fully the meaning of 
the great light that is given to psychics ; they as- 
sume that they are vested with this power, because 
they have chosen religion as a profession, but this 
is not true, they are only imitations of those who 
have received the Holy Ghost and are pretending 
that they can bind anything in heaven. 

St. Mark, Chapter 4, 28. Verily I say unto you, 

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all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and 
blasphemies wherewith soever they blaspheme. 

29. But he that shall blaspheme the "Holy 
Ghost" hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of 
eternal damnation. 

Chapter 13, 10. And the Gospel must first be 
published among all Nations. 

11. But when they shall lead you and deliver 
you up, take no thought before hand what ye shall 
speak, neither do ye premeditate, but whatsoever 
shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye ; for 
it is not ye that speak, but the "Holy Ghost." 

We have proof enough here that psychic power is 
the "Holy Ghost," the Comforter, that Christ said 
would come after Him. Spiritualists would be the 
largest denomination in the world if their followers 
had not in their ignorance refused to include Christ 
in their belief. They abhorred religion because the 
seers and prophets of old were so persecuted, but 
the spiritualist of today understands that Christ 
gave up his life to prove the gift of prophecy and 
the truth that our maker is the Living God. 

The Acts, Chapter 7, 48. Howbeit the most 
High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as 
saith the prophet. 

49. Heaven is my throne and the earth is my 
footstool. What house will ye build Me, saith the 
Lord or what is the place of My rest? 

50. Hath not My hands made all these things? 

51. Ye stiflnecked and uncircumcised in heart 
and ears, ye do alwa}^s resist the "Holy Ghost" ; as 
your fathers did, so did ye. 

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52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers 
persecuted? And they have slain them which 
shewed before of the coming of the Just One of 
whom ye have been now the betrayers and murder- 
ers. 

53. Who have received the law by the disposi- 
tion of angels and have not kept it. 

This chapter explains fully the fact that the 
"Holy Ghost" and gift of psychic power and of 
prophecy, are one. 

Mediums and seers are receiving the "law" today 
as it says in verse fifty-three, "by the disposition of 
angels." 

"The Most High dwelleth not in Temples made 
by hands." 

As the body is the Temple of the Soul, the "Most 
High" dwelleth in us, and we can prove that He 
dwells in us by making it manifest in our kindness 
and care of every living thing that we come in con- 
tact with. And the "Most High" dwells in those 
who receive the "Holy Ghost." Let the God light 
within you shine upon all and you will be happy in 
making others happy. 

The Acts, Chapter 10. 9. On the morrow as 
they went on their journey and drew nigh unto the 
city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about 
the sixth hour. 

10. And he became very hungry and would have 
eaten but while they made ready, he fell into a 
trance. 

11. And saw heaven opened and a certain ves- 
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sheet knit at the four corners and let down to the 
earth. 

You will note by this chapter that St. Peter was 
a trance medium inspired by the "Holy Ghost" and 
you will note also that all through the testament 
that Jesus and all his followers, had to defend their 
lives and themselves against persecution, because 
they were prophets and seers, and that those who 
were ruling then were performing bluff miracles, 
and they knew that if they permitted the real 
prophets to heal and cure, that they themselves 
would lose power, and as they cared more for 
power and gain than they did for God, they persist- 
ed in trying to destroy all those who professed to 
believe in the teachings of Christ and the gift of 
prophecy from the "Holy Ghost." 

And the same persecution is being attempted to- 
day by religious denominations, but in spite of their 
aggressive efforts the time for ignorance has gone 
by and the truth will prevail, and the Gospel of free 
communication with spirits will take its proper 
place in the world and nothing will be able to 
undermine it. I am told to make this very plain to 
you, for it is a fact. 

The Acts, Chapter 3, 1. Now Peter and John 
went up together into the Temple at the hour of 
prayer, being the ninth hour. 

2. And a certain man lame from birth was car- 
ried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple 
which is called beautiful to ask alms of them that 
entered into the temple. 

3. Who seeing Peter and John about to go into 
the temple asked alms. 

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5. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to 
receive something of them. 

6. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none., 
but such as I have I give thee, in the name of Jesus 
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 

7. And he took him by the right hand and lifted 
him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones 
received strength. 

8. And he leaping up stood and walked and 
entered with them into the temple, walking and 
leaping and praising God. 

9. And all the people saw him walking and 
praising God. 

10. And they knew that it was he which sat for 
alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they 
were filled with wonder and amazement at that 
which had happened unto him. 

11. And as the lame man which was healed held 
Peter and John, all the people ran together unto 
them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly 
wondering. 

12. And when Peter saw it, he answered unto 
the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at 
this or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though 
by our power or holiness we had made this man 
walk ? 

St. Peter tells us that we must not think we have 
the power to work these miracles, we are used as 
mediums by Christ to do His work. 

The Acts, Chapter 4, 7. And when they had set 
them in the midst they asked, by what power or by 
what name have ye done this? 

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8. Then Peter, rilled with the Holy Ghost, said 
unto them, Ye rulers of the people and elders of 
Israel. 

9. If we this day examined of the good deed 
done to the impotent man, by what means he was 
made whole. 

10. Be it known unto you all, and to all the peo- 
ple of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of 
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised 
from the dead, even by him doth this man stand 
here before you whole. 

11. This is the stone which was set at naught 
of you builders which is become the head of the 
corner. 

12. Neither is there salvation in any other for 
there is none other name under heaven given 
among men, whereby we must be saved. 

13. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter 
and John and perceived that they were unlearned 
and ignorant men, they marvelled and they took 
kowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 

14. And beholding the man which was healed 
standing with them, they could say nothing 
against it. 

29. And now. Lord, behold their threatenings, 
and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness 
they may speak thy word. 

30. By stretching forth thine hand to heal, and 
that signs and wonders may be done by the name 
of thy holy child Jesus. 

31. And when they prayed, the place was shaken 
where they were assembled together : and they were 

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all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the 
word of God with boldness. 

32. And the multitude of them that believed 
were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any 
of them that aught of the things which he possessed 
was his own ; but they had all things common. 

33. And with great power gave the apostles wit- 
ness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great 
grace was upon them all. 

We often read in the newspapers that some 
working man has suddenly received the power of 
healing and there are many who ridicule the fact; 
they do not know that this gift can come to rich 
or poor, if we seek it, but not all who profess to be 
healers are healers, for many pay money to learn 
faith healing and charge money for healing; these 
turn to healing as a science and a means of making 
money and the Lord Jesus cannot be made a party 
to a money-making scheme. 

The gift of the Holy Ghost cannot be bought or 
sold. The way to acquire it is first to be sincere 
and ask to have this gift given you to have the 
power through Jesus to do good, then heal, without 
a money thought or price, and those who are grate- 
ful will recompense you, as they know you must 
live. 

Christ has said, "Freely ye have received, freely 
give." 

Those who pay money to learn faith-healing and 
charge for healing may get patients who believe in 
the cure, but they cannot cure, as they have not re- 
ceived the power. 

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The Acts, Chapter 5, 4. And when they had call- 
ed the apostles and beaten them, they commanded 
that they should not speak in the presence of Jesus 
and let them go. 

41. And they departed from the presence of the 
council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy 
to suffer shame for His name. 

42. And daily in the temple, and in every house, 
they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. 

The way to get the gift of healing and to receive 
psychic power is to read books and papers on these 
gifts and spiritualism generally. The Banner of 
Light, a paper on spiritualism published at 28 
School Street, Boston, Mass., is a great source of 
education for those wishing to develop their heal- 
ing or psychic power. The price is one dollar per 
year. Their writers are international and some of 
them are of the most scientific men and women. 

The Conversion of Paul. 

The Acts, Chapter 22, 6. And it came to pass 
that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto 
Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from 
heaven a great light round about me. 

7. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice 
saying unto me, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou 
me?" 

8. And I answered, "who art thou Lord?" and he 
said unto me, "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou 
persecutest." 

9. And they that were with me saw indeed the 

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light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice 
of Him that spoke unto me. 

io. And I said, What shall I do Lord?" And 
the Lord said, Arise and go into Damascus and 
there it shall be told thee of all things which are 
appointed for thee to do. 

ii. And when I could not see for the glory of 
that light being led by the hand of them that were 
with me, I came into Damascus. 

12. And one Ananias a devout man, according 
to the law, having a good report of all the Jews 
which dwell there, 

13. Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, 
Brother Saul, receive thy sight and the same hour I 
looked upon him. 

14. And he said, The God of our Fathers hath 
chosen thee, that thou shouldst know His will, and 
see that Just One shouldst hear the voice of His 
mouth. 

15. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men, of 
what thou hast seen and heard. 

17. And it came to pass that, when I was come 
again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the 
Temple, I was in a trance. 

18. And I saw Him saying unto me, make haste, 
and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem ; for they will 
not receive thy testimony concerning Me. 

You will see by this verse that Paul was in a 
trance condition, and received his message from 
above in the same manner as the mediums of today. 

The Acts, Chapter 7, 16. And it came to pass as 
we went to prayer, a certain damsel of divination, 

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met us, which brought her masters much gain by 
soothsaying. 

17. The same followed Paul and us and cried 
saying, these men are the servants of the most high 
God. 

18. And this she did many days, but Paul said 
to the spirit, I command you to come out of her. 
And he came out the same hour. 

This chapter proves the trance condition the 
spirit power had taken possession of her and it also 
proves fortune telling for money, and that nothing 
else is meant than fortune telling. 

The Acts, Chapter 18, 9. Then spake the Lord 
to Paul in a vision, be not afraid but speak and hold 
not thy peace. 

10. For I am with thee, and no man shall set 
on thee to hurt thee for I have much people in this 
city. 

Chapter 21, 9. And the same man (Philip the 
Evangelist) had four daughters, Virgins, which did 
prophesy. 

10. There came from Judaea a certain prophet, 
named Agabus. 

11. And when he was come unto us, he took 
Paul's girdle and bound his own hands and feet, and 
said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, so shall the Jews 
at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle 
and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 

And Paul was delivered just as Agabus prophe- 
sied. 

"Paul" had been a vicious man previous to his 
message from above, as he ordered the execution of 

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St. Stephen, and persecuted those who were not of 
his faith and were believers in Christ. 

The Lord knew that a man who was so sincere as 
to destroy all who did not believe in his religion, 
would be just as faithful to the truth, if he received 
it from the spirit side of life. This was the only way 
that a determined man could learn the truth, not 
from others, but direct from heaven. 

There are many "Pauls" on the earth today and 
many of them are convinced after a time in the 
same manner that Paul was, by the spirit from the 
"Holy Ghost." 

The Epistles of Paul. 

I hope that everyone who reads this book, will 
read the "epistles of Paul" in full. Every line teems 
with brotherly love and sincere regard for their 
physical welfare and that is what Christ came to 
teach, and is still teaching, by his chosen ones, and 
he seeks these out in every walk of life, and urges 
them to go and give out the truth as it has been 
given to them. 

Every step along humane lines, is a step nearer 
to God. The mind is the citadel of the physical 
body and the spirit in turn dominates that. We 
should cloth the body the very best we can out of 
respect for the eternal spark it envelopes. We must 
not go beyond our means to do this, however, as we 
can be thoroughly clean, both in body and raiment, 
and look beautiful, for what is more beautiful than 
a thoroughly clean person. 

God intended everything to be beautiful, you will 

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notice the beautiful colors of the birds and flowers. 
A little bird takes a bath every day and takes pride 
in his fine plumage, thus paying- homage to the God 
who gave it. It seems as though the lower animals 
were more grateful for the good gifts the Creator 
has given to them. The human is inclined to self- 
ishly take everything as a matter of course. 

There is a pretty legend of the birds when they 
drink they raise their heads toward heaven in grate- 
ful thanks for the gift of water. Let us also be 
grateful for water and bathe often, and acknowl- 
edge His gift when we drink it, for He has placed 
everything here for the good of the body as well 
as for our spiritual welfare. 

The Epistle of Paul to the Romans. 

Chapter 12. Verse 4. For as we have many 
members in one body, and all members have not the 
same office : 

5. So we being many, are one body in Christ, 
and everyone, members one of another. 

6. Having their gifts differing according to the 
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us 
prophesy according to the proportion of faith. 

Chapter 14. Verse 23. And he that doubteth is 
damned if he eat, because he eateth without faith: 
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 

Here again we are told to prophesy, and we must 
endeavor to give only that which is given to us 
by the spirits, otherwise we will become only an 
injury to all mediums and psychics, as prophets, 

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and a hindrance to spiritualism. You owe this duty 
to the gift that has been given to you. 

When an investigator goes to a medium for a 
sitting, and the medium cannot get anything for 
that person, they should be honorable and tell them 
so and ask them to try some other time, as we know 
that we cannot use our psychic power at will, as 
there are times when we cannot get a message for 
several weeks or days. But some mediums are so 
grasping to get the money, that they are arrested 
for fraud, for they deserve it. 

Paul to the Corinthians. 

Chapter 2. Verse 12. Now we have received, 
not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is 
of God; that we might know the things that are 
given freely to us of God. 

13. Which things also we speak, not in the 
words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the 
Holy Ghost teacheth : comparing spiritual things 
with spiritual. 

14. But the natural man receiveth not the things 
of the spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto 
Him : neither can he know them, for they are spirit- 
ually discerned. 

Paul expresses it just as the author or any psy- 
chic sees it. We know and commune with spirits 
and see them, and are advised by them, but the 
natural man, the man or woman who has not been 
given the second sight, thinks that one who says he 
hears voices, or sees visions which are given him, 
must be insane or unreliable. 

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Paul to Timothy. Epistle of Paul. 

For there is one God, and one mediator between 
God and men, the man Jesus Christ. 

Spiritualism of John. 

i John. Chapter 4, 1. Beloved, believe not 
every spirit, but try thou the spirits whether they 
are of God ; because many false prophets are gone 
out into the world. 

2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God. Every 
spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in 
the flesh is of God. 

Here we have a good test of those who have the 
spirit power, many who profess to be mediums and 
psychics, do not recognize Christ. It would be well 
to avoid them, for if they are ungodly they cannot 
be helpful to you. If the message comes true it is 
of God. 

3. And every spirit that confesseth not that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And 
this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have 
heard that it should come ; and even now already is 
it in the world. 

6. We are of God; he that knoweth God, hear- 
eth us ; he that is not of God heareth not us. Here- 
by know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of 
error. 

7. Beloved, let us love one another ; for love is 
of God, and everyone that loveth is born of God and 
knoweth God. 

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8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God for God 
is love. 

10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but 
that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the pro- 
pitiation for our sins. 

ii. Beloved if God so loved us, we ought also 
to love one another. 

12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we 
love one another God dwelleth in us and His love 
is perfected in us. 

13. Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and 
He in us, because He hath given us of His spirit. 

18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love 
casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He 
that feareth is not made perfect in love. 

20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God 
whom he hath not seen? 

21. And this commandment have we from Him, 
that he who loveth God love his brother also. 

This commandment teaches us that we cannot 
hate anyone and love God, for God is love and we 
must be all love or all hate, if you can not like a 
person put them out of your mind, think they do 
not exist and to you they do not 

Jesus Tells the Past. 

St. John, Chapter 4, 16. Jesus saith unto her, 
Go, call thy husband and come hither. 

17. The woman answered and said, I have no 

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husband; Jesus said unto her, thou hast well said, 
I have no husband. 

18. For thou hast five husbands; and he whom 
thou now hast is not thy husband, in that saidst 
thou truly. 

19. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive 
that thou art a prophet. 

28. The woman left her water pot, and went her 
way unto the city and saith to the men. 

29. Come, see a man which told me all things 
that ever I did; is not this the Christ? 

44. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet 
hath no honor in His own country. These chapters 
prove that Christ meant prophecy when He said 
go and prophesy, and His talk to the woman is 
what we term fortune telling today. 

St. John, Chapter 6, 35. And Jesus said unto 
them, I am the bread of life, he that cometh to Me 
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me 
shall never thirst. 

The Jews were surprised because Christ could 
preach, and said "How knoweth this man letters, 
having never learned?" 

7-16. Jesus said, "My doctrine is not mine but 
His that sent me." 

Mediums and psychics are gi^en the gift of ex- 
pressing that which they have never learned. 

12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying 
"I am the light of the world ; he that followeth Me 
shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light 
of life." 

24. I say therefore unto you, that ye shall die in 

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your sins; for if ye believe not that I am He, ye 
shall die in your sins. 

St. John, Chapter 10, n. I am the good shep- 
herd ; the good shepherd giveth His life for His 
sheep. 

16. And other sheep I have, which are not of 
this fold ; them also I must bring and they shall hear 
My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one 
shepherd. 

31. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone 
him. 

To you who read these verses, it seems awful that 
they should stone Jesus for doing good, and claim- 
ing to do that good through the power given by 
God, but people today are persecuting others for do- 
ing good, and in this way throwing stones at them. 

Affliction is not Sin. 

St. John, Chapter 9, 1. And as Jesus passed by, 
He saw a man which was blind from His birth. 

2. And His disciples asked Him, saying Master, 
who did sin, this man, or his parents that he was 
born blind? 

3. Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned 
nor his parents ; but that the works of God should 
be made manifest in him. 

5. As long as I am in the world I am the light 
of the world. 

The works of God are made manifest, by afflic- 
tion of various kinds, to show us that He is God. If 
it were not for sickness and trouble, we would not 
care to learn about God, we would think that we 
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realize that He is the supreme power that controls 
all creation, and we must turn to Him for strength 
and light. Jesus said, As long as I am in the world, 
I am the Light of the World. We also are the light 
of the world and we must do all in our power to 
help others to see the truth and progress and con- 
tinue His work. He left the message with the dis- 
ciples who would come after Him, for all time to 
come, they must reflect His light. 

St. John, Chapter 10, n. I am the good shepherd; 
the good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. 

12. But he that is an hireling and not the shep- 
herd who owns the sheep, seeth the wolf coming 
and leaveth the sheep and fleeth; and the wolf 
catcheth them and scattereth the sheep. 

13. The hireling fleeth because he is an hireling 
and careth not for the sheep. 

14. I am the good shepherd and know my sheep 
and am known of mine. 

15. As the Father knoweth Me, even so I know 
the Father; and I lay down my life for My sheep. 

St. John, Chapter 10, 12. He that believeth on 
Me the works that I do shall he do also, and greater 
works than these shall he do, beacuse I go unto My 
Father. 

Jesus realized, that in time to come the progres- 
sion of the world would require greater works than 
he was doing at that time. 

If we have faith and believe in His promise and 
believe in the power we have gained by faith, we 
will convince others and when they have faith they 
also will be healed, and heal others, for He tells us 
that we can do so by believing. 

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St. John, 5, 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the 
sheep market a pool which is called in the Hebrew 
tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. 

3. In these lay a great multitude of impotent 
folk of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the mov- 
ing of the water. 

4. For an angel went down at a certain season 
into the pool and troubled the water; whosoever 
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, 
was made whole of whatever disease he had. 

5. And a certain man was there which had an in- 
firmity thirty-eight years. 

6. When Jesus saw him, He knew that he had 
been a long time in that case. He saith unto him, 
wilt thou be whole? 

7. The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have 
no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into 
the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth 
down before me. 

8. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed 
and walk. 

9. And immediately the man was made whole, 
and took up his bed and walked ; and on the same 
day was the Sabbath. 

Jesus in saying Destroy this Temple and in three 
days I will raise it up, meant His own body which 
was raised from the dead in three days. 

St. John, Chapter 6, 63. It is the spirit that 
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words I 
speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. 

St. John, 8. Some said He is a good man, others 
said nay, but He deceiveth the people. 

St. John 8. Then spake Jesus again unto them 

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saying I am the light of the world; he that follow- 
eth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have 
the light of life. 

St. John, 9, 2. We find that disease or affliction 
is not sin or error nor yet in the mind or wrong 
thinking, as some would have us believe, "but that 
the works of God should be made manifest in him." 

If we were in perfect health at all times we would 
think we were as great as God, but when we are ill 
we realize how weak we are and are inclined to turn 
to the Power which sent us here for more strength. 
In this way we understand His works. 

4. I must work the works of Him that sent me, 
while yet it is day ; the night cometh, when no man 
can work. 

5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light 
of the world. 

6. When He had thus spoken He spat on the 
ground and made clay of the spittle, and He an- 
ointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 

7. And said, Go wash in the pool of Siloam 
(which is by interpretation, sent). He went his 
way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 

Jesus is in the world today and is still the light 
of the world, and we can be healed by faith today 
and can be made to see by His light. The clay that 
Christ used to anoint the blind man's eyes had 
healing properties ; this was of assistance in con- 
nection with the man's faith. 

St. John, 10, 10. The words that I spake unto 
you I spake not of myself, but the Father that 
dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works. 

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ii. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the 
Father in Me, or else believe Me for the very work's 
sake. 

12. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that N be- 
lieveth in Me, the works that I do shall he do also ; 
and greater works than these shall he do; because 
I go unto My Father. 

14. If )^e shall ask anything in My name I will 
do it. That the Father may be glorified. 

St. John, 15, 5. I am the vine ye are the branches ; 
he that abideth in Me and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit; for without Me ye can 
do nothing. 

7. If ye abide in me, and My words abide in 
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
unto you. 

18. If the world hates you, ye know that it 
hated Me before it hated you. 

20. If they have persecuted Me, they will also 
persecute you. 

St. John, Chap. 17, 27. For the Father Himself 
loveth you; because ye have loved Me and have 
believed that I came out from God. 

28. I came forth from the Father and am come 
into the world : again I leave the world, and go to 
the Father. 

30. By this we believe that Thou earnest forth 
from God. 

We also came forth from God and we will go 
back to the world whence we came. 

St. John, Chap. 12. Beloved, believe not all the 
spirits, but try them to see if of God. 

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Sometimes an unprogressive spirit manages to 
reach some medium, and as he has remained in the 
same condition in which he left the earth plane, he 
cannot give out the truth, as he does not know. 

It sometimes happens that a highly cultivated 
person gives a message through a person who is 
very illiterate, because he cannot find any other 
means of communication. As he must use the 
physical force of the medium his message is given 
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Invocation. 

May the God of light shine upon your pathway 
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Obsession. 

You will notice that when Christ treated the in- 
sane He never said "Pray that ye may be well," nor 
"You are a child of God and cannot be insane, for 
you are spirit." But He said "Come out of him, 
evil one." He recognized the evil, and banished it, 
just as today we must first learn what is causing 
an illness or disease and remove the cause and also 
get the mind right with mental science, so that the 
patient will not worry and add to his discomfort. 

Distant Healing of Jesus. 

St. Luke, Chap. 7, 2. And a certain centurion's 
servant who was dear unto him was sick and ready 
to die. 

3. And when he heard of Jesus he sent unto Him 
the elders of the Jews, beseeching Him that he 
would come and heal his servant. 

4. And when they came to Jesus they besought 
Him instantly, saying that he was worthy for whom 
He should do this. 

5. For he loveth our nation, and he hath built 
us a synagogue. 

6. Then Jesus went with them, and when He 
was now not far from the house, the Centurion sent 
friends to Him, saying unto Him, Lord, trouble not 
thyself, for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest 
enter under my roof: 

7. Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy 
to come unto Thee : but say in a word and my 
servant shall be healed. 

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having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, 
and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh. 
And to my servant do this and he doeth it. 

9. When Jesus heard these things, He marvelled 
at him, and turned him about and said unto the 
people that followed him, I say unto you, I have 
not found so great a faith, no, not in Israel. 

10. And they that were sent, returning to the 
house, found the servant whole that had been sick. 

The Acts, Chap. 19, 6. And when Paul had laid 
his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on 
them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 

n. And God wrought special miracles by the 
hands of Paul. 

12. So that from his body were brought unto 
the sick handkerchiefs or aprons and the disease 
departed from them and the evil spirits went out 
of them. 

13. Then certain of the vagabond Jews exorcists 
took upon them to call over them which had evil 
spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, we ad- 
jure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 

The Acts, Chap. 17, 23. For as I passed by and 
beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this 
'inscription, To The Unknown God, whom therefore 
ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. 

24. God that made the world and all things 
therein, seeing that He is Lord of Heaven and 
Earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands. 

25. Neither is worshipped with men's hands as 
though he needed anything, seeing He giveth to 
all life and breath and all things. 

26. And hath made of one blood all nations of 

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men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and 
hath determined the times before appointed and 
the bounds of their habitation. 

28. For in Him we live and move and have our 
being as certain also of our poets have said, "For 
we are also His offspring." 

14. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a. 
Jew and chief of the priests which did so. 

15. And the evil spirit answered, Jesus, I know y . 
and Paul, I know, but who are ye? 

16. And the man in whom the evil spirit was 
leaped on them, and overcame them and prevailed 
against them, so that they fled out of that house 
naked and wounded. 

17. And this was known to all the Jews and 
Greeks, also dwelling at Ephesus and fear fell on 
them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was 
magnified. 

18. And many that believed came and confessed 
and shewed their deeds. 

19. Many of them also which used curious arts 
brought their books together and burned them be- 
fore all men; and they counted the price of them 
and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 

20. So mightily grew the word of God and pre- 
vailed. 

Christ says by their works, ye shall know them; 
and those in authority before making arrests, should 
ascertain whether they are real spiritual healers or 
not ; we learn here that Paul could send a piece of 
cloth that came in contact with his body to a person 
and he was healed. Paul could do this because he 
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one is caught sending a paper or cloth to another for 
healing purposes, they are arrested and the news- 
papers take up the matter and ridicule it instead of 
seeking out their patients to learn whether they per- 
formed any cures or not. And also they should 
learn from the Bible that cures were performed in 
this way by the saints who were given the power 
by God to heal by the spirit. This is the religion of 
the gospel and should not be interfered with by the 
law that admits and recognizes the gospel. 

People should read the Bible and then they will 
know better than to laugh at cures to distant per- 
sons, for what is the difference to reach them 
across a room or across greater space, for faith can 
go anywhere and if the Healer is real and true he 
can perform the cure by faith in the spirit. 

The Acts, Chapter 17, 12. So that from His body 
were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons 
and the disease departed from them and the evil 
spirits went out of them. 

Here we have proof that St. Paul whose name is 
sacred to all religion, did distant healing and sent 
articles that were magnetized by coming in contact 
with His body to assist in placing the mind of His 
patient in the right concentration, to aid in the heal- 
ing. 

I have read remarks in the daily papers made by 
officials who had arrested mediums for doing just 
what Paul had done and they ridiculed the subject, 
evidently they had never read the Bible. 

46. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, 
where he made the water wine; and there was a 

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certain nobleman whose son was sick at Caper- 
naum. 

47. When he heard that Jesus was come out of 
Judea into Galilee, he went unto Him and besought 
that He would come down, and heal his son for 
he was at the point of death. 

48. Then said Jesus unto him, except ye see 
signs and wonders ye will not believe. 

49. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come 
down ere my child die. 

50. Jesus saith unto him, go thy way, thy son 
liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus 
had spoken unto him and he went away. 

51. And as he was now going down his ser- 
vants met him, and told him saying, Thy son liveth. 

52. Then he inquired the hour of them when he 
begin to amend, and they said unto him, yesterday 
at the seventh hour the fever left him. 

53. So the father knew that it was at the same 
hour in which Jesus said unto him, thy son liveth, 
and himself believed and his whole house. 

St. Luke, Chapter 4, 14. And Jesus returned in 
the power of the spirit into Galilee and there went 
out a fame of Him through all the region round 
about. 

15. And He taught in their synagogues, being 
glorified of all. 

16. And He came to Nazareth, where He had 
been brought up ; and as His custom was He went 
into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood 
up for to read. 

17. And there was delivered unto Him the book 

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of the prophet Essias, and when he had opened the 
book He found the place where it was written. 

18. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because 
He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the 
poor; He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, 
tc preach deliverance to the captives and recover- 
ing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that 
are bruised. 

19. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 

20. And he closed the book and He gave it again 
to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all 
them that were in the synagogue were fastened on 
Him. 

21. And he begun to say unto them, this day is 
this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 

22. And all bare Him witness and wondered at 
the gracious words which proceeded out of His 
mouth; and they said, is not this Joseph's son? 

23. And he said to them, Ye will surely say unto 
Me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself; whatso- 
ever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also 
here in thy own country. 

24. And he said, verily I say unto you, no pro- 
phet is accepted in his own country. 

St. Mathew, Chapter 6, 28. And why take ye 
thought for raiment ; consider the lillies of the field, 
how they grow, they toil not neither do they spin. 

29. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon 
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and 
his righteousness, and all these things shall be add- 
ed unto you. 

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34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow. 

We are told in the 6th chapter of St. Mathew 
that we are to expect prophecy if we seek the king- 
dom of God. It is our right and God can give us 
anything we ask for if we get in touch with Him, 
for then we would not ask, for anything we should 
not have; we would renounce that which was not 
right for us to have and accept the gifts that were 
for our good. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 6, 6. But thou, when thou 
prayest, enter into thy closet and when thou hast 
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret ; 
and thy Father which seest in secret shall reward 
thee openly. 

7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as 
the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard 
for their much speaking. 

8. Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your 
Father knowest what things ye have need of, be- 
fore ye ask Him. 

9. After this manner therefore pray ye, Our 
father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 

10. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven. 

11. Give us this day our daily bread. 

12. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. 

13. And lead us not into temptation but deliver 
us from evil ; for thine is the kingdom and the 
power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 7, 6. Give not that which is 
holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be- 
fore swine, lest they trample them under their feet 
and turn again and rend you. 

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The power of healing is holy and the God given 
gift of psychic vision is a priceless pearl, and if we 
offer it to those who do not understand, we are like- 
ly to be treated as if we were not to be taken seri- 
ously, but this must not prevent us from giving out 
the truth whenever it is given to us. 

Christ tells of the Gifts God has given Us. 

n. If ye then being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your 
Father in heaven give good things to them that 
ask Him. 

You all have the gift, it is for you to learn how to 
use it. Those who scoff at the laying on of hands 
in healing should read Chapter 8, St. Matthew. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 10, 19. But when they de- 
liver you up take no thought, how or what ye shall 
speak, for it shall be given to you in that hour. 

This can only be interpreted as meaning, that the 
spirits will give us the proper words to defend our 
belief and cause. 

All attempts to overthrow the teachings of 
Christ have failed; his religion, the Brotherhood of 
Man, is the best religion one can have. We must 
not narrow ourselves to our own immediate famil- 
ies, but we must consider all are our mothers and 
brothers and sisters. Do everything you can for 
some unfortunate aged woman just as if she was 
your mother, if you cannot afford to do anything 
for her materially, be kind to her. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 8, 28. There met Him two 
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, 

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exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that 
way. 

26. And, behold, they cried out, saying, what 
have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou son of God? 
Art thou come hither to torment us before the time. 

30. And there was a good way off from them a 
herd of many swine feeding. 

31. So the devils besought him saying, if thou 
cast us off permit us to go away into the herd of 
swine, and He said unto them, Go, and they went 
into the herd of swine; and behold the whole herd 
of swine ran violently down a steep place into the 
sea and perished in the waters. 

Now you can plainly understand that Jesus rec- 
ognized spirit return, as he distinctly says, "Come 
out of the tomb." Also there is no doubt that up to 
the present day some people are obsessed, espe- 
cially those who are insane, and become just the op- 
posite to what they were in their sane moments. 

There should be at the head of all insane retreats 
a man of God who understands psychology which is 
soulology, who would cast out these undesirable 
spirits who have taken possession of some kind soul. 

Matthew 9, 37. Verily I say unto you, this gen- 
eration shall not pass till all these things be ful- 
filled. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 27, 52. And the graves were 
opened and many bodies of the saints which slept 
arose. 

53. And came out of the graves after His resur- 
rection, and went into the holy city, and appeared 
to many. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 9, 28. And when He was 

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come into the house, the blind men came to him and 
Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to 
do this? They said unto Him, yea, Lord. 

29. Then touched He their eyes, saying, accord- 
ing to your faith, be it unto you. 

30. And their eyes were opened. 

St. Matthew, 10, 1. And when he had called unto 
Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power 
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal 
all manner of sickness and disease. 

8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 
dead, cast out devils, freely ye have received, freely 
give. 

7. And as ye go preach, saying, the Kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. 

17. But beware of men, for they will deliver you 
up to the councils, and they will scourge you in 
their synagogues. 

These verses apply to conditions of this century. 
Many there are who attempt to legislate so that the 
teachings of Christ may be prohibited, but this rul- 
ing will never be accomplished — Christ will prevail. 

St. Matthew, Chap. 12, 22. There was brought 
unto Him one possessed with a devil, blind and 
dumb : and He healed him, inasmuch that the blind 
and dumb both spake and saw. 

28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, 
then the Kingdom of God is come unto you. 

31. Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin 
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men ; but the 
blasphemy of the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven 
unto men. 

St. Matthew, Chap. 12, 10. And behold, there 

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was a man which had his hand withered, and they 
asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sab- 
bath Day, that they might accuse Him. 

ii. And He said unto them, What man shall 
be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it 
fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay 
hold on it, and lift it out? 

12. How much then is a man better than a 
sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the 
Sabbath day. 

28. But if I cast out devils by the spirit of God 
then the Kingdom of God is come unto you. 

43. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a 
man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest 
and home. 

44. Then saith he, I will return into my house 
from whence I came out, and when he is come, he 
findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 

45. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 
seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and 
they enter in and dwell there; and the last state 
of that man is worse than the first. 

50. For whosoever shall do the will of My 
Father which is in heaven the same is My brother, 
and sister and My mother. 

Matthew 13, 10. And the disciples came and said 
unto Him, wiry speakest Thou unto them in 
parables? 

11. He answered because it is given unto you 
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven 
but to them it is not given. 

16. But blessed are your eyes for they see : and 
your ears for they hear. 

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These disciples had the Psychic power, as many 
mediums and seers do today. It is a great gift but 
one that very few can understand unless they have 
developed the power within. 

17. For verily I say unto you, that many pro- 
phets and righteous men have desired to see those 
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and 
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

Mediums today see and hear the things those 
men saw. Christ passed this gift down to all ages 
so His Father's work would be done for all the 
people who would come upon the earth. 

St. Matthew, Chap. 7, 4. Then answered Peter 
and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be 
here; if Thous wilt let us make here three taber- 
nacles ; one for Thee and one for Moses and one for 
Elias. 

5. While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud 
overshadowed them ; and behold a voice out of the 
cloud which said, "This is My Beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." 

6. And when the disciples heard it they fell on 
their face and were sore afraid. 

7. And Jesus came and touched them and said, 
Arise, be not afraid. 

8. And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw 
no man save Jesus. 

14. There came to Jesus a certain man kneeling 
down saying, 

15. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is sore 
vexed, for often times he falleth into the fire and 
oft into the water. 

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17. And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he de- 
parted out of him and the child was cured from 
that hour. 

St. Mark, Chap. 17. And after six days Jesus 
taketh Peter, James and John, his brother, and 
bringeth them up into a high mountain. 

2. And was transfigured before them, and His 
face did shine as the sun. 

3. And behold Moses and Elias talked with Him. 
St. Matthew, Chap. 18, 19. Then came the 

disciples to Jesus apart and said, Why could not 
we cast him out? 

20. And Jesus said unto them, because of your 
unbelief, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard 
seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove 
hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove ; and 
nothing shall be impossible unto you. 

Now this does not mean that the mountain will 
move itself, but if you ask its removal, some one 
may come to think that it should be removed for 
commercial reasons or otherwise for improvement, 
and take upon themselves the task of removing 
it. Nevertheless your desire has been granted. 

The Second Coming of the Lord. 

Matthew Chap. 24, 5. For many shall come in 
My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive 
many. 

6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of 
wars; for all these things must come to pass, but 
the end is not yet. 

7. For nation shall rise against nation and king- 

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dom against kingdom, and there shall be famine, 
and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places. 

9. And then shall they deliver you up to be 
afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of 
all nations, for My sake. 

n. And many false prophets shall rise and shall 
deceive many. 

13. But he that shall endure unto the end the 
same shall be saved. 

14. And this gospel of the kingdom must be 
preached in all the world, for a witness to all na- 
tions, aud then the end shall come. 

15. When ye therefore shall see the abomination 
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 
stand in the holy place (whoso readeth let him 
understand). 

26. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Be- 
hold, He is in the desert; go not forth; behold He 
is in the secret chambers ; believe it not. 

29. Immediately after the tribulation of those 
days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from 
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be 
shaken. 

30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of 
Man in heaven ; and then shall all the tribes of the 
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man 
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and 
great glory. 

31. And He shall send His angels with a great 
sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together 
His elect from the four winds from one end of 
heaven to the other. 

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32. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when 
his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, 
ye know that summer is nigh. 

33. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these 
things, know that it is near, even at thy doors. 

35. Heaven and earth shall pass away but My 
words shall never pass away. 

Thy Kingdom Come. 

When Christ healed the sick and commanded his 
disciples to heal and prophesy, saying, Matthew 10, 
As ye go, preach, saying, "The kingdom of heaven 
is at hand." 

If you are healed by faith through medium- 
ship of one of God's chosen ones, the kingdom 
of heaven has come unto you. This is the 
meaning of the words in the Lord's prayer, for if 
you pray for health or prosperity, and you receive it, 
the kingdom of God has come to you. Also if you 
have received the gift of seeing with spiritual eyes. 

Christ's Sermon — The Law. 

Matt. 40. And if any man will sue thee at the 
law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak 
also. 

41. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a 
mile, go with him twain. 

46. For if ye love them which love you, what 
reward have you? Do not even the publicans do 
the same? 

48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven. 

44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, 

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bless them that curse, do good to them that hate 
you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, 
and persecute you. 

Father. 

St. Matt., Chap. 23, 9. And call no man Father, 
upon the earth, for one is your Father which is in 
heaven. 

How can any religion that accepts the teachings 
of the Bible go contrary to Christ's commands in 
this respect? In spite of this command, the leaders 
of many religions are called "Father." This proves 
that they do not accept all the teachings of Christ ; 
then how can we accept their teachings? 

St. Matt., Chap. 25, 34. Then shall the King say 
unto them on His right hand, come ye blessed of 
My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the world. 

35. For I was an hungered and ye gave Me 
meat; I was thirsty and ye gave Me drink. I was 
a stranger and ye took Me in. 

36. Naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick and 
ye visited Me ; I was in prison and ye came unto Me. 

37. Then shall the righteous answer Him, say- 
ing, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered and fed 
Thee? or thirsty and gave Thee drink? 

38. When saw we a Stranger and took Thee in? 
or naked and clothed Thee? 

39. Or when saw we Thee sick or in prison and 
came unto Thee? 

40. And the King shall answer and say unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have 

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done it unto one of the least of My children, ye 
have done it unto Me. 

Christ teaches us that every kindness done to one 
of His brothers and our brothers is a kindness done 
unto God the Father, just as a father on earth 
would consider a kindness to his child as a favor 
done for him. We must remember to be kind and 
courteous to all who come our way even if we can- 
not assist them otherwise. 

God. 

We breathe and live through the Spirit God, the 
Creator of all life, animal or vegetable, and the same 
life courses through all His creation. Therefore 
all are of the same importance to Him, although 
some are of a higher state of progression. 

The author believes in a personal God and in the 
Divinity of Christ. All else on earth is God mani- 
festing Himself in different forms. 

St. Matt., 27. And whosoever will be chief 
among you let him be Your servant. 

28. Even as the Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto but to minister, and give His life 
a ransom for many. 

Every time a person says a prayer, it is commun- 
ing with spirits, and it is spiritualism to commune 
with spirits. 

I. Corin., 8. For to one is given, by the spirit, 
the word of wisdom ; to another the word of know- 
ledge, by the same spirit. 

9. To another faith by the same spirit; to 
another the gifts of healing by the same spirit. 

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io. To another the working of miracles; to 
another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; 
to another divers kinds of tongues; to another 
interpretation of tongues. 

ii. But all these worketh that one and the self 
same spirit, dividing to every man severally as he 
will. 

12. For as the body is one, and hath many mem- 
bers and all the members of that one body, being 
many, are one body ; so also is Christ. 

Deut., Chap. 8, 18. But thou shalt pray the Lord 
thy God ; for it is He that giveth thee power to get 
wealth. 

Samuel, Chap. 9, 9. In Israel when a man went 
to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come and let us 
go to the seer, for he that is now called a Prophet 
was before time called a seer. 

In verse 18 we have the subject of wealth, that 
we may pray for it and expect it, and He will give 
us the power to get. 

The belief in and expression of prophecy went 
out for a while, because of the fear that the pople 
developed when they saw how the prophets and 
saints were persecuted by religious organizations, 
but we are prepared to fight the battle all over 
;again, if necessary, to gain our religious freedom. 

Hebrews, Chap. 12, 9. Furthermore we have had 
fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave 
them reverence; shall we not much rather be in 
subjection unto the Father of spirits and life? 

Hebrews, Chap. 9, 14. How much more shall 
the blood of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit 
offered Himself without spot to God, purge your 

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conscience from dead works to serve the living 
God. 

16. For where a testament is, there must also of 
necessity be the death of the testator, for a testa- 
ment is of force after men are dead, otherwise it is 
of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 

Christ was filled with sorrow at the thought of 
leaving His Apostles, but He must give up His life 
to fulfil the prophec)^ that was made by the prophets 
of old, and prove the gift of prophecy by laying 
down His life as proof. 

There are people today who would crucify all 
mediums and Psychics and all those who are not of 
the same belief as they are; let them beware, for 
they may loose their hold for making the attempt. 

Romans, Chapter 14, 7. For none of us liveth to> 
himself and no man dieth to himself. 

8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; 
and whether we die we die unto the Lord, therefore 
we are the Lord's. 

9. For to this end, Christ both died, and rose 
and revived that He might be Lord of the dead and 
living. 

20. For meat, destroy not the work of God. 
All things indeed are purej but it is evil for that 
man who eateth with offense. 

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, 
nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is 
offended, or is made weak. 

Corinthians 1, Chapter 8, 13. Wherefore, if meat 
make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while 
the world standeth, lest I make my brother to 
offend. 

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St. Mark, Chapter 7, 9. And He said unto them. 
Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that 
ye may keep your own tradition. 

15. There is nothing from without a man that 
entering into him can defile him; but the things 
which come out of him, these are they that defile 
the man. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 15, 18. For out of the heart 
proceed evil throughts, murders, adulteries, thefts, 
false witness, blasphemies. 

20. These are the things which defile a man, but 
to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not a man. 

St. Matthew, Chapters 23-34. Wherefore behold, 
I send unto you prophets, and wise men ; and 
scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; 
and some of them ye shall scourge in your syna- 
gogues, and persecute them from city to city. 

And then came the only Christ to teach them to 
do good with the gift of prophecy and to give out 
the truth, instead of deceiving, and taking from the 
poor that which they had worked for. Spiritualism 
was the first religion and will be the last, for noth- 
ing can undermine the teachings of Christ, some 
churchmen preach from the words of Jesus but seek 
to eliminate the spiritual belief which Christ taught 
so as to make the church commandment supreme. 

St. Mark, Chapter 9, 17. And one of them said, 
Master, I have brought thee my son, which hath a 
dumb spirit. 

18. And wheresoever He taketh him, he teareth 
him and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, 
and he pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples 
that they should cast him out ; and they could not. 

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20. And they brought him unto Him; and when 
they saw him, straightway the spirit tare him, and 
he fell to the ground, and wallowed foaming. 

21. And He asked his father, how long is it ago 
since this came unto him and he said, of a child. 

22. And oftimes it has cast him into the fire, and 
into the waters, to destroy him but if thou canst 
do anything have compassion on us, and help us. 

23. Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, 
all things are possible to him that believest. 

24. And straight the father of the child cried out, 
and said with tears, Lord I believe ; help thou my 
unbelief. 

25. When Jesus saw that the people came run- 
ning together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, 
come out of him and enter no more into him. 

26. And the spirit cried and rent him sore and 
came out of him ; and he was as one dead, and many 
said, he is dead. 

2J. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted 
him up ; and he arose. 

28. And when he was come into the house, his 
disciples asked Him privately, why could we not 
cast him out? 

St. Mark, Chapter 9, 29. And he said unto them, 
this kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer 
and fasting. 

This verse explains why every one cannot heal, 
and why many doubt spirit power to heal, people 
whose minds are occupied by business or labor, do 
not have the time to pray and concentrate on the 
spiritual, you will notice all through the Bible, that 

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the guiding angel, commanded those he had chosen 
to give out the message to go out in the solitude 
and commune with nature in the wilds, and get near 
to God. by fasting and prayer, and avoid the every- 
day cares of life. 

Those who live away from public life develop 
their psychic power to a greater extent than those 
who are interested in their families and social life. 

Christ Tells the Disciples to Recognize Anyone 
Coming in His Name. 

St. Mark, Chapter 9, 38. And John answered 
Him saying Master, we saw one casting out devils 
in Thy name, and He followeth not us ; and we for- 
bade him, because he followeth not us." 

39. But Jesus said, forbid him not, for there is 
no man which shall do a miracle in My name, that 
can lightly speak evil of Me. 

50. For he that is not against us is on our part. 

41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water 
in My name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I 
say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 

These chapters give the stand Christ takes in re- 
gard to religion, it does not matter which religion or 
association, you belong to as long as you do your 
work or cures or charities in His name, and those 
denominations, that are making such a big display 
of religion and are jealous over the success other 
religions are having that are working quietly and 
are not setting themselves up as above all others, 
are doing the same as the disciples did, are trying to 
drive out other religions, because they are not of 
their following. 

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They do not appreciate the good work not done 
under their supervision and denominational name, 
but Christ will continue to do His good work 
through many avenues, until all are reclaimed and 
recognize the spirituality of man and every form of 
life. Then all will be of one belief and that is 
spiritualism. 

St. Mark, Chapter n, 43. But whosoever of you 
will be great among you, shall be your minister. 

45. For even the son of man came not to be min- 
istered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a 
ransom for many. 

St. Matthew, Chapter 25. 8. For one is your 
Master even Christ ; and all ye brethren. 

8. And call no man Father upon the earth, for 
one is your Father which is in heaven. 

11. But he that is greatest among you shall be 
your servant. This is true of men in all professions, 
the clergyman must serve his congregation, the 
physician his patients ; the lawyer, his clients ; the 
professor, his students; he who is greatest in his 
profession, has become so by serving many, Jesus 
said. 

Chapter 12, 26. And as touching the dead that 
they arise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, 
how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying I am 
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the 
God of Jacob. 

27. He is not the God of the dead, but the God 
of the living. 

29. Jesus answered, Hear, O Israel ; the Lord our 
God is one Lord. 

30. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 

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all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first 
commandment. 

In this thirtieth verse, Jesus says plainly that 
these three Fathers, although they had passed away, 
are still living, and that there are no dead, but all 
are living, and have obeyed the Master's call, to be 
placed where they may do good, just as the fisher- 
men obeyed the call, Follow Me and be fishers of 
men. 

Christ Condemns Display and Long Garments. 

St. Mark, Chapter 15, 38. And He said unto them 
in His doctrine, beware of the scribes, which love 
to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the 
market places. 

39. And the chief seats in the synagogues and 
the uppermost rooms at feasts. 

These verses are directly contrary to the clergy 
of some denominations who set themselves up al- 
most as kings and expect the same homage as a 
king does, and attempt to overthrow other religions 
that are doing good in His name. 

Matthew, Chapter 23, 5. But all their works they 
do for to be seen of men ; they make broad their 
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their gar- 
ments. 

8. But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your 
master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. 

9. And call no man Father upon the earth, for 
one is your Father, which is in heaven. 

15. Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, Hypo- 
crites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one 

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proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him two 
fold more the child of hell. 

29. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Hypo- 
crites ! because ye build to the tombs of prophets, 
and garnish the sepulches of the righteous. 

30. And say, If we had been in the days of our 
fathers, we would not have been partakers with 
them in the blood of the prophets. 

31. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves 
that ye are the children of them which killed the 
prophets. 

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

St. Mark, Chapter 16, 15. And He said, go ye 
into all the world and preach the Gospel to every 
creature. 

Missionaries are now obeying this command and 
carrying the Light that Jesus brought to the World 
to every corner of the earth, and the countries that 
had not advanced under their own belief are now 
progressing under religion that Christ taught, for 
they have learned brotherly love, and are taking 
their stand among the nations of the world instead 
of warring among themselves as all nations do, who 
do not know God. 

Chapter 16, 9. Now when Jesus was risen early 
the first day of the week, He appeared first to 
Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven 
devils. 

10. And she went and told them that had been 
with Him, as they mournel and wept. 

11. And when they had heard that He was alive, 
they believed her not. 

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14. Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as 
they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their un- 
belief and hardness of heart, because they believed 
not them which had seen Him after He was risen. 

15. And he said, go ye into all the world and 
preach the Gospel to every creature. 

16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 

17. And these signs shall follow them that be- 
lieve : In My name shall they cast out devils ; they 
shall speak with new tongues. 

We are told here that a sure sign of our faith and 
belief is our power to heal and control spirits, and 
prophesy. 

St. Luke, Chapter 10, 1. After these things the 
Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them 
two and two before His face into every city and 
place, whither He Himself would come. 

2. Therefore said He unto them, the harvest truly 
is great, but the laborers are few ; pray ye therefore 
the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth 
laborers into His harvest. 

3. Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as 
lambs among wolves. 

5. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say 
Peace be to this house. 

6. And if the son of peace be there, your peace 
shall rest upon it; if not, it shall turn to you again. 

7. And in the same house remain, eating and 
drinking such things as they give for the laborer is 
worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 

8. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they 
receive you, eat such things as are set before you. 

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9. And heal the sick that are therein and say 
unto them, Thy Kingdom of God is come nigh you. 

10. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they 
receive you not, go your ways out into the streets 
of the same and say, 

11. Even the dust of your cuy, which cleaveth on 
us, we do wipe off against you ; notwithstanding be 
ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come 
nigh unto you. 

16. He that heareth you heareth Me ; and he that 
despiseth you despiseth Me; and he that despiseth 
Me despiseth Him that sent Me. 

23. And He turned unto His disciples and said 
privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things 
that ye see. 

It is only by the heaven-given psychic power, 
that one can see as the disciples saw, and the psy- 
chics of today have the same gift of vision and they 
will meet a just retribution if they use this sacred 
power wrongfully to gain wealth and to defraud. 

The Acts,, Chapter 7, 52. Which of the prophets 
have not your Father persecuted? And they have 
slain them which shewed before of the coming of 
the Just One ; of whom ye have been now the be- 
trayers and murderers. 

53. Who have received the law by the disposi- 
tion of angels and have not kept it. 

54. When they heard these things they were cut 
to the heart, and they gnashed their teeth. 

55. But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looked 
up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of 
God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 

56. And said, Behold I see the heavens opened, 

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and the Son of man standing on the right hand of 
God. 

57. Then they cried with loud voices, and stop- 
ped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord. 

58. And cast him out of the city and stoned him ; 
and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young 
man's feet, whose name was Saul. 

59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God 
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud 
voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, and 
when he had said this he fell asleep. 

We learn from this chapter that St. Stephen gave 
up his life because of prophecy and believing in 
Christ's teaching. Saul mentioned here is St. Paul 
who afterward was spoken to by the voice of Christ 
and he fell down in terror when he heard the voice 
and saw the light; he was converted from this day 
and was in a trance, and he in turn was persecuted 
for prophesying and preaching of Christ. 

Chapter 8, 5. And Saul was consenting to his 
death. And at that time there was a great persecu- 
tion against the church which was at Jerusalem ; 
and they were all scattered abroad throughout the 
regions of Judea and Samaria, Epceh the Apostles. 

6. And the people with one accord gave heed 
unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and 
seeing the miracles which he did. 

7. For unclean spirits crying with loud voice, 
came out of many that were possessed with them; 
and many taken with palsies and that were lame, 
were healed. 

8. And there was great joy in the city. 

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18. And when Simon saw that through laying on 
of hands by the Apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, 
he offered them money. 

19. Saying give me also this power, that on 
whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the 
Holy Ghost. 

20. But Peter said unto him, thy money perish 
with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift 
of God may be purchased with money. 

21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, 
for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 

22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and 
pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may 
be forgiven thee. 

23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bit- 
terness, and in the bond of iniquity. 

24. Then answered Simon, and said Pray ye to 
the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye 
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INSPIRATIONAL WRITING. 
APOCRYPHA. 

Esras, II, Chapter 14, 58. And tomorrow at night 
thou shalt remain here. 

59. And so shall the Highest shew thee visions of 
the high things, which the most high will do unto 
them that dwell upon earth in the last days. 

Here is the promise that psychic vision will be 
given as long as the world lasts, just, as we have 
it today. 

Chapter 12, 51. But I remained in the field seven 
days as the angel commanded me ; and did eat only 
in those days of the flowers of the field, and had 
my meat of the herbs. 

This verse teaches us that we must not eat flesh, 
if we would be spiritual and receive communication 
from the angel band that are sent to teach us. 

Chapter 14, 26. And when thou hast done, some 
things shalt thou publish and some things shalt 
thou shew secretly to the wise; tomorrow at this 
hour shalt thou begin to write. 

42. The Highest gave understanding unto the 
five men, and they wrote the wonderful visions of 
the night, that were told ; which they knew not and 
they sat forty days and they wrote in the day and 
at night they ate bread. 

43. As for me I spake in the day and held not my 
tongue by night. 

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44. In forty days they wrote two hundred and 
four books. 

45. And it came to pass, when the forty days 
were fulfilled, that the Highest spake : saying, the 
first that thou hast written publish openly, that the 
worthy may read it. 

46. But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest 
deliver them only to such as be wise among the 
people. 

Chapter 15. 1. Behold, speak thou in the ears of 
my people, the words of prophecy which I will put 
in thy mouth, saith the Lord. 

2. And cause them to be written in paper, for 
they were faithful and true. 

The Author has had the same inspiration and the 
same command from on high, to write as it is given 
to her, and permit the spirit world to express its 
will, in the physical sense, through her. 

The Faith Cure in Science. 

"Dr. George W. Jacoby, the veteran neurologist, 
has just illustrated anew some of the curious con- 
flicts and agreements which appear in modern 
methods of treating disease. On the one hand is 
the faith-curist relying on amulets and charms, in- 
voking miracles, or appealing to the native powers 
of the mind ; on the other comes the scientific 
physician, claiming that disease is real, and provid- 
ing physical remedies for it. For a long time it 
seemed as if there could be nothing scientific in the 
occult, and nothing occult in the scientific. But we 
now confront a certain interblending of the two 
methods. If the occultist is more and more leaning 

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on science, so the scientist is more and more com- 
ing to recognize a soul of things "good" in the oc- 
cult. The faith-curist must know something of neu- 
rology, and certainly of metaphysics ; the physician 
who would be up-to-date must be versed in sug- 
gestion and psychotherapy. It is admitted by both 
that many nervous maladies may not only be miti- 
gated, but sometimes entirely cured by mental in- 
fluence. The power of appeals to imagination, sen- 
timent, passion, even when exercised through "un- 
truthful statements," is expressly emphasized by 
Dr. Jacoby. "Why," he says, "should not the phy- 
sician make use of this power of imagination in 
order to restore his patients to health and content- 
ment?" 

Science has thus found a valuable agency for 
supplementing medicine in the treatment of disease. 
The patient is kept hopeful, encouraged to expect 
improvement of his condition, taught through thick 
and thin to look forward to convalescence. If he 
is worse, it is well that he should think he is better; 
if he is no better, it is just as well that he should 
not be persuaded of the fact. In time he may be 
convinced that there is nothing really the matter 
with him. The science of healing is doubtless right 
in repudiating the illusions of the occultist, and 
they must be pared down to the vanishing point. 
But as long as it needs "suggestion and psycho- 
therapy" it must cling to the essence, if not the 
vagaries of the "faith cure." It will be a finished 
world and a perfect humanity that need no help 
from the great power of the make believe." 

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A Remarkable Statement. 

"During a recent trial in Middlesex County in 
Massachusetts, an aged Professor connected with 
Harvard College and a regular M. D., made the fol- 
lowing statement. It was a trial by jury and he 
was called as a witness and he said that 90 per 
cent of the calls a doctor makes are unnecessary 
because the patients would get well without any 
treatment, 5 per cent will die anyway and 5 per 
cent can be cured by him. Cannot many of the 
wonderful cures we read about nowadays where 
medicine is tabooed, take place because the physi- 
cian is not allowed to experiment." 

These statements were copied from newspapers, 
they will give you an idea of scientific opinion on 
faith cures. 

To Rest. 

Just, as in the evening, we go to our homes to 
rest, so in the evening of life we go home to God 
who sent us out into this life to grow and do his 
work here. / 

Faith Healing. 

St. Luke, Chap. 9-49. And John answered and 
said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy 
name; and we forbade him, because he followeth 
not with us. 

50. And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not, for 
he that is not against us is for us. 

Jesus teaches a lesson to all religions in this 

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chapter and that lesson is that it does not matter, 
whether the healer be of one denomination or an- 
other or one following or another as long as they 
come in his name and are not against him, and the 
Father who sent him. 

Mediumship. 

There are many phases of mediumship, there are 
trance mediums, who while in an unconscious con- 
dition are used by some spirit control to give ad- 
vice to anyone consulting the spirits through the 
hearing the spirit voice without being entranced. 
Clairvoiance is seeing objects and persons which 
the mediums describe and explain to others. Some 
people develop all or several of these phases. 

I will explain how some of these phases are ex- 
pressed for the benefit of those who do not under- 
stand, for I have seen many of them laugh 
at messages when they were given excellent read- 
ings. But they did not understand the impersona- 
tion of the conditions that were being described. 

A medium may describe the suffering some one 
endured before they passed out, and locate the pain 
by placing their hand over their heart or throat 
or head, etc. The medium does not always get 
messages from the dead or about the dead, but may 
t>e describing the physical condition of yourself or 
relatives or friends; it may be that some spirit 
there is anxious to speak to you of the condition of 
some friend of the spirits who is now living and if 
you will ask how they can be cured they may tell 
you of some remedy or just what the cause of their 
suffering is. 

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Some mediums seldom get messages in regard to 
those who have passed away, but messages for the 
living, advising them on business and the affairs of 
life so they may be able to better their condition. 

Our Aged Friends. 

What would be more beautiful than a settlement 
for aged people? Little four-room houses built of 
cement, each with its sheltered little piazza, and 
women attendants to look in on them each day and 
to help them if they need assistance in any way. 

Some day this dream of mine, I hope, will be re- 
alized and I will see the square of land I have: 
pictured with its rows of little houses, all around 
the square, leaving a park or garden in the center; 
each having a little plot of ground for gardens for 
those who like to work in the garden and raise a 
few vegetables, etc. 

This will be living indeed for those who have 
grown old with the struggle of life in the cities. I 
can picture their happy faces when they know that 
they will not have to worry any more for fear they 
will not be able to pay the rent. This dream of mine 
is not impossible, for there are large tracts of un- 
occupied land only a few miles out of the city that 
are not very expensive, and where every modern im- 
provement can be used. 

A few thousand dollars would start this settle- 
ment and then the kind hearted public would assist 
in maintaining it, as they know they would be wel- 
come there later on when they were too old to be 
self-supporting. 

Dear friends, think how much good can be done 

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with a little money, and people wear fortunes in 
jewels to adorn themselves with and for the other 
people to look at and admire. My little settlement 
for the aged and helpless would be much more 
beautiful in my eyes than all the jewels in the 
world as Christ said, "They are my mothers and 
brothers and sisters," and I hope to have the oppor- 
tunity to work to get these homes for them, and to 
tell them that if they haven't any near relatives 
that I am willing to be their relative, by doing all I 
can for them. 

In every large city there is a Zoo, and wild ani- 
mals are caged there and attendants are paid to take 
care of them and money is paid for their food. If 
they were left in their natural surroundings they 
would not be dependent on anyone for their sup- 
port, and the suffering physically and mentally that 
these poor captives endure is awful. Death would 
be more merciful. People can see these animals in 
museums ; it is not necessary to see living creatures 
caged in order to study natural history. 

Many children can tell you about wild animals 
who do not know anything about domestic animals. 
The money spent on maintaining a Zoo of suffering 
creatures would better be spent for the support of 
the aged and helpless. 

Many worthy people never earn enough money 
to be able to save any, and they bring up children 
and they hope that their children will help them 
and the children generally marry as soon as they 
are able to work and cannot assist them or they are 
too selfish to think of the sacrifice their parents 
made for them. 

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If any of you who are reading this book are 
thinking of leaving money for charity, think this 
over. A sum to the Humaine Society would buy 
the land for the settlement for the aged and five 
hundred dollars would build one of the little 
houses. It would not be long if each person that 
could afford it would leave five hundred dollars be- 
fore there would be quite a row of little houses. 
This would be better than giving them the money 
for they would be sure of a home, and when they 
were gone some other worthy people could move in. 
And it would be a source of good for all time to 
come, as a monument to your name, for each little 
home will be named after the donor. 

St. Luke, Chapter 19. 8. And Zaccheaeus stood 
before the Lord ; behold Lord, the half of my goods 
I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything 
from any man by false accusation, I restore him 
four fold. 

9. And Jesus said unto him, this day is salvation 
come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son 
of Abraham. 

10. For the son of man is come to seek and to 
save that which was lost. 

Chapter 12. 33. Sell that ye have, and give alms ; 
provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treas- 
ure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief 
approacheth, neither moth eorrupteth. 

34. For where your treasure is, there will your 
heart be also. 

The Liquor Question. 

State, Church and Municipalities have been try- 

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ing to solve the liquor question from the time the 
world begun. You will find this subject in the 
Bible, but no one has been able to regulate it yet. 

Prohibition does not have the desired effect, for 
in all prohibitory states liquor is sold on the quiet 
in kitchen bar rooms, in stables, in the woods and 
anywhere that they can hope to sell without being- 
discovered. And the quality of the drink is of the 
poorest grade, very often poisonous and injurious, 
causing all sorts of nervous disorders and insanity. 

Those who have studied this question have found 
after investigation that a high license is best, as the 
law enforces the sale of only pure drinks and those 
that are the least injurious. 

It is not considered fair to those who can drink 
and not become a slave to it, to be deprived of the 
privilege of using it if they wish. 

But it is the poor "Moth" that continually darts 
back into the flame of the saloon that we must con- 
sider. The question is, how can we protect him 
against this awful failing. He is a constant source 
of torture to his family and friends, and a most 
pitiable object as well as an annoyance to every one 
he comes in contact with. 

It is the hope of scientists that Medical Science 
will finally solve this problem for Medical Science 
must necessarily take its stand in the world from 
this time forth, on the side of prevention instead of 
cure, for many ills of the physical body could be 
prevented if we avoided the foods and other things 
that are injurious. 

We must study this out for ourselves. Many 
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They should eat a dinner on the noon hour. Others 
cannot eat meat for breakfast without becoming 
bilious. Then eat only cereals. In time you will 
find what does agree with your system. 

Love. 

Then man or woman who marries from any other 
motive than love, is committing an awlful crime 
against themselves, against the laws of God and 
against their descendants. It is from alliances of 
this kind that the degenerate makes his appear- 
ance, every child should have the right to be born 
of love, this is its natural inheritance and it should 
not be taken from him, for the law of God and na- 
ture is love. 

You will see the result of love marriages in the 
people who walk in the humble paths of life. They 
are one family and remain so; they love each other 
and are interested in each other and rejoice over 
any good that may come to each other. Notice the 
difference in the marriage of ambition. The first 
question asked in regard to a couple is "did they do 
well?" meaning from a financial standpoint, not "is 
it a love match, and how happy they will be." 

Consider the love Christ had for his apostles and 
how deeply be grieved because he must leave them 
and return to the spirit life, whence he came. The 
only religion that will stand the test, of time is the 
one that will live brotherly love. It is my earnest 
hope, that in time spiritualists will get together and 
form an anti-suicide society and collect funds for 
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out of work to apply to the society for assistance 
until they can help themselves. 

This is the religion of Christ and if we express 
the God life within us by assisting a helpless broth- 
er or sister and save them from casting their soul 
back into God's face by suicide, we will have ac- 
complished much more than erecting imposing 
buildings ; we will be assuring those who are in 
doubt that there is a God by bringing them in con- 
tact with Him through brotherly love. This asso- 
ciation would go a long way toward perpetuating 
spiritual belief, for he has said, "By their work ye 
shall know them." 

When love is the all of life, the vice and sorrow 
that goes hand in hand will be eliminated. 

Love is now treated as a joke by the majority of 
people. Display of luxury and wealth are placed 
above sacred love in the home life. When a man or 
woman have built their home upon ambition, the re- 
sult is disastrous after the said ambition is gratified, 
for love is the soul of nature, the life of the physical 
and spiritual self, and love for anything artificial 
cannot take the place of this God-given emotion. 

All forms of life God has given and we should 
protect the lower organization, as much as the 
higher because He has created all. 

It is just as absurd to refuse to appreciate the 
beauty and skill in a statuette, because the sculp- 
tor has been skillful in monuments and groups. 
The statuette is just as dear to the sculptor as the 
larger group or monument and he has put the same 
thought and work in the smaller creation. And so 
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creature, and spirit is life, and the same spirit per- 
vades all life. 

Spiritualists, New Thoughtists, Theosophists and 
all you spiritualists under different names, get to- 
gether, and form a "brotherhood of man society," 
where any one in need could get a loan without in- 
terest while convalescing. This would be the 
true religion to save them from suicide or starving 
to death. This would bring them to know God. 
We are told by writers that religion is losing 
ground ; this is because there is too much pomp and 
ceremony and not enough of God. 

Whispering Leaves. 

There was a rustling among the leaves on the 
great oak tree overshadowing the lawn. The 
little rose blooming on a rose bush near by said, 
why all this commotion? you are so stately as a rule. 
"Just think," said the leaves, "a man has killed him- 
self in our park because he felt that he was not of 
much use and he would not be missed because there 
were so many people." 

Why he will be missed just as much as a blade of 
grass would be on the lawn down there nodding 
their heads toward the lawn. The rose swayed her 
pretty head toward the lawn and said, "no one 
would miss a blade of grass." The leaves said 
every blade of grass has its individuality and is of 
great use in beautifying the lawn. If two hundred 
blades should die out thinking they would not be 
missed, all the beauty of the lawn would be de- 
stroyed and all the labor and care of the Gardener 
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and it is the same with people, each individual is a 
blade of grass in God's eternal plan. 

And whenever an individual ends his life before 
the appointed time he has spoiled the effect of the 
great eternal plan, just as the lawn is spoiled by the 
dying grass. Each individual is of very much im- 
portance and should be content to fulfill their part 
of the Eternal Plan trusting unto the end for if they 
were not needed they would not be here. 

Medicine. 

Ezekiel, Chapter 47. 

And the Fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the 
Leaf thereof for Medicine. 

You will hear anti-medicine faddists say, "Man- 
made Laws." How absurd this remark is when 
God created every herb and food; everything we 
eat is medicinal ; vegetables contain potash, soda 
iron as well as different kinds of salts ; even the ani- 
mal food we eat contains some form of medicine, 
and eggs also. 

Spiritualists should use the methods of Jesus in 
healing and also make use of every modern assist- 
ance to bring about good health. 

Paul. 
Hebrews. Chapter 1. 
God who, at sundry times and in divers manners 
spake in time past unto the fathers by prophets. He 
hath in these days spoken to us by his son. 

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation. 

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Vivisection. 

The day will come when vivisection will take its 
place in history along with burnt offering, sacri- 
fice of human life, etc., for it is a merciless sacrifice 
of the God given life and a torture of helpless ani- 
mals. 

Chemistry will supply the necessary knowledge 
to offset all ills of the physical body. Where is the 
inspired one who will discover the remedy for this 
cruel evil? 

If Radium will cure cancers, etc., it will prove 
how useless the torture of animals for producing 
toxins has been. 

Radium as a Life-Saver. 

"The claim that radium can restore the hardened 
arteries of middle-aged persons to a healthy condi- 
tion and so prolong- life was made by Dr. Sauber- 
mann of Berlin in a lecture in London before the 
Rontgen Society this week. If the theory is cor- 
rect it will be possible for a few dollars to buy a 
radium apparatus which will manufacture an elixir 
of youth. The apparatus consists of an earthen- 
ware receptacle containing a minute amount of ra- 
dium, which is placed at the bottom of a glass bot- 
tle. The bottle is filled with water. In the course 
of time the water becomes charged with radium 
emanations. The radium remains active for hun- 
dreds of years, so it is only necessary to renew the 
water in order to get any number of doses." 

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Peace. 

The survival of the fittest, is the law of nature as 
well as the nations, and this is as it should be. 
Divinity should rule man, in his dealings with his 
brother man, but each nation should assume power 
and fortify and be so strong a power as to maintain 
peace by this very strength so that all other nations 
will realize that it will be safer to arbitrate their 
differences. 

The Agitator. 

Every little while some man makes his appear- 
ance as a Labor Agitator. He is to emancipate the 
working man, etc., you will find this agitator living 
on the fat of the land while the poor fellows whom 
he has succeeded in stirring up to quit work in a 
body on one pretence or another, are having a hard 
time. 

The working man of today should not permit any 
stranger to upset him in this manner, for if he has a 
wrong he is intelligent enough to make it known 
and have it made right. 

There is just as much sense in a man of this 
stamp who feels above work, and is trying to bring 
working men up to his belief that they are ill 
treated because they do not have everything that 
their employers do, as it would be for a rose to try 
to bring the whole field of daisies and dandelions 
up with him into the rose garden, each is out of 
place. 

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Lesser Lights. 



To you who feel that you do not amount to any- 
thing in the world consider the stars as compared 
with the sun, and do your best, and you will be ap- 
preciated as the stars are, for who does not admire 
the stars ; we miss them if they do not put forth 
their little light. 

Faith Cures. 

A short time ago the Holy Jumpers were brought 
into Court for their method of healing. 

Their patients were placed in an unconscious con- 
dition upon the platform and when they came out 
of this condition they pronounced themselves cured. 
The Bible mentions this unconscious condition be- 
fore some of the cures that Jesus performed. The 
only mistake that the faith curists made was that 
they did not place the different sexes apart, say at 
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REDEMPTION. 
The Lost Sheep. 

St. Luke 15, 4. What man among you having 
one hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, doth 
not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and 
go after that which is lost until he finds it. 

5. And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his 
shoulders rejoicing. 

6. And when he cometh home, he calleth to- 
gether his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, 
rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which 
was lost. 

7. I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in 
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than 
ninety and nine just persons which need no repen- 
tance. 

To you, who have erred and were lost, if you 
erred you have suffered, and the suffering and sor- 
row developed your soul, and you progressed, for 
progression is the law of nature. You paid the 
penalty of suffering and if you find yourself, that 
is to do right. You stand in even better light spiritu- 
ally, than if you had never fallen, and physically 
you are able to assist others, to avoid the errors you 
fell into. If not you are able to lead them out of 
the danger or point out the way, and the good seed 
will grow, for all is good, all comes from God. 

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Every soul will be redeemed in the end. Those 
who do not progress, must live many lives on this 
sphere, or on the spirit side, to reach the same con- 
dition as the one who did not transgress and they 
will suffer through those numerous conditions 
which bring about the refining of the spirit. 

St. Luke 18, 2J. He said, the things which are 
impossible with men are possible with God. 

10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to 
save that which was lost. 

45. And he went into the temple and begun to 
cast out them that sold therein, and them that 
bought. 

46. Saying, this is my house of prayer but ye 
have made it a den of thieves. 

It is the duty of all spiritualists to seek" to elimi- 
nate all the mediums or those who profess to being 
such, who defraud those who go to them in all con- 
fidence. Spiritualism is a great truth, and if those 
who are real mediums will assist in weeding out the 
fradulent, then our beautiful belief will have the re- 
spect that it justly deserves and our numbers will 
increase accordingly, as the time is at hand for 
spiritualism to take its proper stand in the world. 
In St. Luke as quoted above, Christ says very 
plainly that his temple is not for gain. 

If a person is an Atheist and does not believe in 
Jesus, or God, have nothing to do with him, for 
Christ said, "Those who love God are my brothers 
and mother and sisters." We are told that if a per- 
son does not believe that he has a soul, that his soul 
will be taken from him and he will be as nothing 
and will never meet his loved ones again. 

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An evil person may entertain some holy emotion 
and do some kind act, that is from the very heart, 
and this one act will wipe out all the error of the 
past and make him very acceptable to God. 

I have given proofs of spiritualism in this book, 
and if any medium or healer is prosecuted because 
they are using this gift of healing, they can turn to 
the passages in this book, copied from the Bible, and 
their right to heal. A Judge cannot repudiate this 
proof as the Bible is used by the Courts to prove 
the good faith of a witness in swearing to the truth 
of a statement. 

Spiritualism. 

Daniel Chapt. 5, 4. They drank wine and praised 
the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron and 
of stone. 

5. In that same hour came forth fingers of a 
man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick 
upon the plaster of the wall of the King's palace, 
and the King saw part of the hand that wrote. 

7. The King cried aloud to bring the astro- 
logers, the soothsayers, and the King spake to the 
wise men, whosoever shall read this writing, and 
show the interpretation thereof shall be clothed 
with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his 
neck and shall be the third ruler in the Kingdom. 

Then came all the King's wise men ; but they 
could not read the writing. 

11. Then the Queen said "There is a man in thy 
Kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods," 
and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found 
in him. 

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12. Forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowl- 
edge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, 
and shewing of hard sentences and dissolving 
doubts were found in the same Daniel. 

And Daniel interpreted the writing for the King. 

This writing on the wall is the same as the slate 
writing of to-day, but as there has been so much 
fraud perpetrated by mediums in this "writing," 
people do not have much faith in it. 

Daniel, Chapter 6. 

27. He delivereth and rescueth and he worketh 
signs and wonders in heaven and in the earth, who 
hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 

Deuteronomy, Chapter 22. 

5. The woman shall not wear that which per- 
taineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a 
woman's garment; for all that do so are abomina- 
tion unto the Lord thy God. 

6. If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the 
way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be 
young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the 
young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the 
dam with the young. 

7. But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go and 
take the young to thee and that thou mayest pro- 
long thy days. 

Here we have kindness to animals as all God- 
fearing people should have. 

St. Luke 10, 17. "And the seventy returned again 
with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject 
unto us through thy name. 

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20. Jesus said: "Notwithstanding in this re- 
joice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but 
rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." 

When you tell church members, that spiritualism 
is the religion of the Bible, they say, "Oh, well, it 
doesn't mean that." Now what does the above 20th 
verse of St. Luke mean. "Rejoice not, that the 
spirits are subject unto you." Does not that con- 
firm the facts that spirits are a reality? Spiritual- 
ists accept the Bible as a whole and it pervades the 
Bible all the way through and we, who commune 
with spirits are highly favored. 

The Simple Life. 

There are many good, normal men and women in 
the world, and these do not come in contact with 
those who are abnormal and so they do not realize 
how many there are, who are almost insane on the 
subject of what they call "Having a Good Time." 
They crave wealth to indulge themselves in all 
■sorts of excitement; the thought that they should 
be of some use in the world never enters their 
:head, as they do not allow themselves a moment's 
time to think of anything else but their own selfish 
-pleasure. 

If they are not having some excitement they are 
not fit to live with, as they are irritable and unhappy 
and when it comes to race suicide it is all for the 
best that these people should not perpetuate their 
kind. 

The parents of these men and women have de- 
prived themselves of everything thinking that they 
would be proud of their children when they grew 

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up, but instead, their children look down on them 
and leave them when they need them most. They 
have been educated beyond their station in life and 
they can not find contentment anywhere. They 
spend their money having a good time, and can 
never hope to have a home of their own, as they can 
never save anything toward one. 

The foreign working people are different, they 
are always happy and content with their lot, they 
do not try to dress and live as the millionaires do, 
but aim to have something of their own. They 
create their own amusements by parties, music, and 
harmless entertainments, and if you will watch a 
group of these you will see that they love their 
neighbors and are doing their utmost to make it a 
happy time for all. 

Every country must return to the simple life if 
they do not want to reach decadence, as insanity is 
on the increase, and those who are studying the 
vice question, realize that craving for fresh excite- 
ment produces the degenerate, and the degenerate 
or abnormal person does, not appreciate nature, but 
loves the artificial. 

It is in our power to make the next generation 
perfectly normal if all will start right, and insist on 
plain living and not give their children everything 
that grown up people have. The peasant immi- 
grants are teaching us the way to progress, they 
save and own homes and buy land, while our 
pampered offspring are in furnished rooms, with- 
out a dollar ahead of them. 

Ask the heads of the different colleges and they 
will tell you that only a few of the shining lights 

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who graduate from the colleges are ever heard from 
after they leave college. This is because they will 
not settle down to hard work after leaving college, 
and spend what little they have in going the pace. 
"The Light of Asia." 

The Protestant missionaries are carrying the 
light of Christ into all the countries that formerly 
worshipped idols. This Christ light will free them 
from many of the old customs that they clung to 
and made them slaves to tradition. We need more 
good sense in religion instead of more religion. We 
must spend less money on imposing structures and 
more in giving the aged comforts that they can not 
have in destitution. 

I never look at a tall church spire without think- 
ing how heartless those who ordered it built must 
be, to send a man up there to paint or repair it is 
the extreme of cruelty. When our religions have 
reached the height of perfection that Jesus intended 
they should, they will not think of outward display 
but the religion of the heart will be taught; then 
every one of our aged mothers will have a pension 
for the asking, as many would not ask for it unless 
sorely in need. 

The religion that will strive for this end is the 
real religion, for He said, 'Those who love my 
Father are my Mother, my Brother and Sisters," 
and these aged people are our Mothers and Broth- 
ers and every time one of them suffers from priva- 
tion, it is due to our lack of interest in this matter. 

Read the letters to the daily papers in the 
women's department and you will realize how self- 
ish humanity is becoming. They consider their 

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parents who worked to bring them up a nuisance, 
and feel that they should not be obliged to support 
them when they are old and feeble, and many sons 
and daughters send them to public institutions and 
feel perfectly justified in doing so. They can not 
hope to prosper if they are unkind to these dear old 
people, for Christ said, "Honor thy Father and thy 
Mother that thy days may be long." 

Our world is progressing and growing better 
each day and church and state are discussing the 
welfare of those who are not able to support them- 
selves. It would not cost any more if the state gave 
the money to the parents to support their children 
than it would to pay their board in an institution; 
only those who have no relatives should be placed in 
institutions and even then a widowed mother with 
children of her own could give them better care and 
attention than they get at home. 

And it is the same with the aged, if they have any 
relatives willing to take them to board, they should 
be given the money that it costs to support them in 
the institution. Our dear old world is growing bet- 
ter all the time, in spite of the few clergymen who 
try to make us think that it is growing bad all the 
time. 

The world has increased in population but ac- 
cording to the size of that population it has not 
grown worse. The fellowship of man is stronger 
today than ever and you will notice the bond of 
sympathy that pervades all men in all nations. 
When any great calamity occurs we are one family 
then, brotherly love proves the Christ spirit, and 
when business men lay aside their work to get to- 

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gether to discuss the welfare of others as they are 
doing today, our world is surely growing better, 
and the spirit of Christ rules the world today more 
than it ever has, for one need not profess any 
religion to live the brotherly love that Christ 
taught. Men and women of today aim to be of 
some use to their fellowmen. If you will stop to 
think you will find that no one can or has succeeded 
in undermining the teachings of Christ, after thou- 
sands of years, you will realize how deep is the ap- 
preciation of the beautiful life he led, with his fol- 
lowers going about with them by day, seeking the 
helpless and the poor and lowly and raising them 
up and teaching his honest-hearted followers to do 
the same and at night to sit with them wherever 
they happened to be, and explain the sayings they 
did not understand, for he was guiding them to see 
with spiritual eyes and hear with spiritual ears. 

He is teaching the Author these things now, and 
he will teach them to you also if you will receive 
him and open your eyes, ears and heart to what he 
would say to you. I have asked him to inspire me 
to place this teaching before you in such a light that 
you will feel as I do that he is here, and now, point- 
ing out the way just as he did to those lowly fisher- 
men who became his disciples. So many think 
that one must profess religion to have him come to 
them ; this is not so, he has the same interest in us 
that he had in those he picked up to make them his 
disciples. He did not seek to impress any religion 
but the love of God and the power of prophetic and 
psychic vision. 

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love every living thing, for all comes from 
the creator, Christ knew that with the gift of pro- 
phecy and healing we would be guided right and in 
this way enjoy life. Those who ridicule these 
things are only postponing their own progression as 
they will not develop the gift until their souls are 
fitted to receive it, as Christ has told you in some 
of the chapters I have quoted here. 

The Author does not accept these teachings be- 
cause others have told them to her, but because the 
gift has been given to her just as Christ and all the 
prophets received it. She has asked Christ and his 
emissaries, the shining lights who are her instruc- 
tors in the spirit life to use their power through her, 
to tell you of this gift which is yours if you will re- 
ceive it. 

In order to receive this gift you must give up self 
and not consider your side of a matter first ; you 
must not think, how much can I get out of my 
friends, but how much can I do for my friends and 
how helpful can I be in every walk of life? 

You must not hold any spiteful or envious 
thoughts, for if you wish any one ill, that same 
wrong will be inflicted on you before long. If you 
are jealous because some one has a lover and send 
them envious thoughts, you will be punished by 
losing your lover and friend and the same sorrow 
you wished on them will be given to you. And 
your friend will be used as the unconscious means 
of punishing you for sending out those evil 
thoughts. If you are envious because others are 
prosperous and have things that you do not have, 
vou will lose what you alreadv have ; just notice 

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this for yourself and you will find that every un- 
kind thought comes home to you in the end. 

Spiteful thoughts are a second nature to many 
people and ihey look disagreeable. It spoils their 
looks, as you can not harbor those thoughts and 
look and feel happy. Now talk to yourself on this 
subject. You, who feel so important and above 
others, and do not want any one to have any more 
than you do, just say to yourself, what do I 
amount to in the world, why do I think I am so im- 
portant and better than others? And you will find 
the answer is, I do not amount to much, the world 
outside of my own little circle could get along very 
well without me. If you will look at your real self, 
you will soon get in right and know that you are 
but a grain of sand on this earth and you will radi- 
ate indifference instead of spite and you will enjoy 
life much better in enjoying the good success of 
others. 

We are building our future life now, and those 
who have a spiteful nature say that they must tell 
people what they think of them and vent their spite 
on them. This is what the serpent does ; he tries to 
inflict poison on everything, and everybody is his 
enemy. He gets back what he radiates and that is 
hate. 

Stop and say to yourself, what will all the spite 
'and venom amount to less than a hundred years 
hence, and you will see how useless it all is. Get 
away from those who do not use you right, and do 
not place yourself on a level with them by quarrel- 
ing with them. And if you cannot get away, close 
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they do not exist and you will be happier, because 
you are making it pleasant for others. 

The trouble with many people is that they expect 
everyone to cater to them, they should know that 
this world was not for them alone but to be shared 
by all. Every time you stir up the venom within 
you, it causes suffering to yourself; it causes you 
to be ill, and as long as you are radiating hate to- 
ward that person, they are doing the same towards 
you, and you are not free to think your own 
thoughts until you get right again by radiating in- 
difference. 

The mantle of shame may be placed upon your- 
self, if you think immoral thoughts of others, this 
may come through yourself or some one near and 
dear to you; because you do not understand a 
friendship or intimacy does not necessarily make 
it immoral. It simply appears so to you because 
your thoughts are impure; many a virtuous person 
has an immoral mind, as they think everyone bad 
but themselves, and the badness is in their own 
hearts. And there is a just retribution that over- 
takes them in the end, they are made ill or have 
some great sorrow inflicted upon them, to try and 
take their thoughts from evil. 

HYMN. 

"My God is reconciled, 
His pardoning voice I hear, 
He owns me for his child 
And I no longer fear. 

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Jesus paid it all, 

All the debt I owe, 

Sin that left a crimson stain, 

He washed it white as snow." 



Vegetarianism. 

Meat produces heat, and in warm countries, heat 
is avoided, as it causes diseases of the blood. Mod- 
ern dwellings are at the temperature of summer 
heat, so that any heat creating food is unnecessary 
for the human system. Meat supplies more strength 
for a short time but it wears out the sytem for that 
reason, the same as if you should keep a piece of 
machinery at high power all the time, it is soon 
worn out. 

You will hear people say "I am going to eat 
meat." Yes, and they will have their cancers, and 
tumors, and craving for strong drink, and other ex- 
cesses that lead to insanity, which statistics tell us 
is on the increase; stimulating foods cause auto- 
intoxication and the over-worked nerves break 
down. 

Vegetarianism of the Bible. 

Daniel Chap i, 8^ "But Daniel purposed in his 
heart that he would not defile himself with the por- 
tion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he 
drank ; therefore he requested of the prince of the 
eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 

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my Lord the king, who hath appointed meat and 
your drink; for why should he see your faces 
worse liking than the children which are of your 
sort? Then shall ye make me endanger my head to 
the king." 

12. "Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten 
days ; and let them give us pulse to eat and water to 
drink." 

15. "And at the end of ten days their coun- 
tenance appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all 
the children which did eat a portion of the king's 
meat." 

These passages, prove vegetarianism. 

Daniel, Chapter 1, 16. "Thus Melzar took away 
the portion of their meat and drink ; and gave them 
pulse." 

17. "As for these four children God gave them 
knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: 
and Daniel had understanding in all visions and 
dreams. 

20. "And in all matters of understanding that 
the king inquired of them he found them ten times 
better than all the magicians and astrologers, that 
were in all his realm." 

This proves that the vegetarian diet makes the 
mind clearer, and to avoid eating the flesh of any 
living thing brings us closer to spirit land. 

Daniel had the gift of prophecy, also of inter- 
pretation. This is a great gift as there are many 
who see visions who are not able to explain their 
meaning. 

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What the Bible Says of Women, 
i Esdras. 

14. O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the 
multitude of men — neither is it wine that excelleth ; 
Are they not women? 

15. Women have borne the king and all the peo- 
ple that bear rule by sea and land. 

16. Even of them came they, and they nourished 
them up that planted vineyards from whence the 
wine cometh. 

17. These also make garments for men; these 
bring glory unto men and without women cannot 
men be. 

18. Yea, and if men have gathered together gold 
and silver, or any other goodly things go, do they 
not gape and even with open-mouth fix their eyes 
on her, and have not all men more unto her than 
unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatso- 
ever? 

20. A man leaveth his own father that brought 
him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his 
wife. 

21. He sticketh not to spend his life with his 
wife and remembereth neither father nor mother 
nor country. 

22. By this also must know that women have 
dominion over you; do ye not labor and toil and 
give and bring all to the woman. 

28. And now do ye not believe me? Is not the 
king great in his power? Do not all regions fear 
to touch him? 

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29. Yet did I see him and Apame, the king's 
concubine the daughter of the Admirable Bartacus, 
sitting at the right hand of the kind. 

30. And taking the crown from the king's head 
and setting it upon her own head, she also struck 
the king with her left hand. 

31. And yet for all this the king gaped and 
gazed at her with open mouth % if she laughed upon 
him the king laughed also but if she took any dis- 
pleasure at him the king was fair to flutter that she 
might become reconciled to him again. 

40. Neither in her judgment is any unrighteous- 
ness, and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and 
majesty of all ages. Blessed be the God of Truth. 

Progression of the Old Testament. 

All through the old testament we find seers and 
prophets, and many of them foretold the future most 
accurately, but many others intermingled their own 
ideas and beliefs with their prophetic visions and in 
this way slandered God, especially where they make 
him a "God of Vengeance" and thirsting for blood. 

Can you imagine anything so cruel and so un- 
reasonable as to burn helpless animals for sacrifice, 
and to cut the throat of others and sprinkle the 
altars of public Temples with the blood of the vic- 
tims? What sacrifice is it to injure some living 
creature and make an offering of it? 

It is taking something already given by God and 
offering it back to him and that is no sacrifice at all, 
but if we should deprive ourselves of something and 
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God, that would be a real sacrifice and one worth 
while. You will notice all through the Bible that a 
leader was sent in different generations to lead the 
people on in progression, as this could not be done 
all in one century you will notice that we find 
Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist, Paul and Jesus, 
each one trying to bring the people out of the cruel 
belief that was keeping them from progressing; 
even circumcision was one of their cruelties. It 
seems that their idea of God was a fearful one, his 
anger must be appeased by torture of some living 
creature. 

Jesus came and taught circumcision of the heart 
which is to cut out all selfishness and punish our- 
selves by doing good for others. The God of spirit- 
ualism is all mercy, all kindness and all love and the 
more we appreciate every form of life the more we 
are deserving of the God love, and the more kind- 
ness he will show us. And the leader and great 
man of today is the one teaching and practicing 
humane kindness, for the day of the warrior and 
fighter is over, for the world has not progressed un- 
der animosity. For the sole aim under that leader- 
ship was to exterminate all who did not believe as 
they did, instead of living the examplary life that 
would prove that it was the only way for the good 
of all. 

The Birds. 

The English sparrow has many enemies and it 
seems at times as if his nationality has much to do 
with his abuse. I have become well acquainted 
with the little fellow and find that he makes a very 

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affectionate pet and will follow you all over the 
house. If you will study his habits, watch him in 
the fall down in the grass, eating weed seeds and in- 
sects and their eggs ; if the seeds are not allowed to 
grow, we will not have so many weeds if the spar- 
rows multiply too fast do not kill them, but place 
convenient nesting places for them and allow them 
to raise their young only once a year, remove all 
eggs but do not disturb the nest. 

The Agricultural Department in their article on 
helpful birds include the crow. This the Author 
discovered for herself on her "Farmstead," in put- 
ting in corn for seed she ordered corn scattered 
above ground for the crows, so they would not dis- 
turb the seed that was planted, and they did not 
touch that left on the surface. They nested in a 
clump of trees along the fence at the end of the 
farm and I watched a mother crow teaching her 
five "babies" to fly. The fifth one was smaller and 
weaker than the rest, he being five days younger 
and the mother bird flew on ahead leading them 
and casting her eye backward saw that the little fel- 
low was flying lower and lower, not being able to 
keep up with the rest, and she would dive down- 
ward and come up under the "weak baby" take him 
on her back and toss him high in the air. She con- 
tinued to do this until they were out of sight, and I 
thought how much love and care she showed for 
her baby. Could any mother do more for her child? 
And this bird has been cruelly treated when she has 
been trying to save the farmers' crops by eating up 
the insects, and if she eat a little grain with it she 
more than offsets this by doing good. 

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Flies. 



Flies were created to purify the air, and are found 

j wherever there is filth, and are fulfilling their part, 

I in being there, as they eat the germs created by the 

-Refuse. Do not allow your children to kill them but 

teach them to keep the place clean so the flies will 

not be obliged to destroy the germs caused by their 

neglect, for they collect wherever there is dirt. Do 

not permit them to kill anything. 

The Prophecy of Isaiah. 

Chapter 2, 6. "I have set watchmen upon thy 
walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their 
peace day or night; ye that make mention of the 
Lord, keep not silence." 

7. "And give him no rest till he establish and till 
he make Jerusalem a praise on the earth." 

11. "Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the 
end of the world, say ye unto the daughter of Zion, 
Behold thy salvation cometh ; behold, his reward is 
with him and his work before him. 

12. "And they shall call them, the holy people, 
the redeemed of the Lord ; and thou shalt be called, 
sought out, a city not forsaken." 

Chapter 65, 19. "And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, 
and joy in my people and the voice of weeping shall 
no more be heard. 

25. "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together 
and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock ; and 
dust shall be the serpents' meat. They shall not 

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hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the 
Lord." 

This last verse is what we who love all of God's 
creatures desire the most, "they shall not be hurt 
nor destroyed," and as the first part of "Isaiah's" 
prophecy is about to be fulfilled, I have no doubt 
that the twenty-fifth verse will also be fulfilled, for 
at last in this twentieth century, one has made the 
attempt to restore the city of Jerusalem, and under 
his untiring perseverance, the desolation of Jerusa- 
lem will disappear, for a son of Israel from America 
has undertaken the task to restore the Holy City. 

We gather from "Isaiah" that when a prophecy 
has come to pass, that has proved it is of the Lord,, 
and this prophecy has certainly come to pass, for 
Jerusalem is being restored at the present time. 

I give a poem which expresses Christ's love, for 
Jerusalem. 

Fallen is the Throne. 

By D. B. Towner. 

"Lord, thou didst love Jerusalem, 

Once she was all thine own ; 
Her love thy fairest heritage, 

Her power thy glory's throne, 

"Till evil came and blighted 

Thy long-loved olive tree, 
And Salem's shrines were lighted 

For other gods than thee. 

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Then sank the star of Solima, 

Then passed her glory's day, 
Like heath that in the wilderness 

The wild wind whirls away. 

Silent and waste her bowers, 

Where once they mighty trod, 
And sunk those guilty towers, 

Where Baal reigned as God. 

Go, saith the Lord, O Jerusalem, 

Steep in her blood your swords, 
And raze to earth her battlements, 

For they are not the Lord's. 

Fallen is thy throne, O Jerusalem, 

Silence is o'er thy plains. 
Thy dwellings all lie desolate, 

Thy children weep in chains. 

Where are the dews that fed thee 

On Elim's barren shore? 
That fire from heaven which led thee, 

Now lights thy path no more." 

It will probably take many years to rebuild Jeru- 
salem, as there is no water supply, no business and 
a very illiterate population, and much will be needed 
to make the necessary improvements. The first 
thing to be done is to supply water, and that is a 
great expense. I am told that there are plans to 
build a trolley car line at the present time. With 

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that and the automobile to encourage tourists, per- 
haps the money may be supplied to rebuild. 

"Isaiah" also prophesied the second coming of 
Christ, and as the desolation he prophesied for Je- 
rusalem has come true, also after many years the re- 
building, we can have no doubt the rest will come 
true and that the gift of prophecy is true. 

But do not accept any man's word that he is the 
Saviour until you see Christ coming out of the heav- 
ens as he has told us, "preceded by a Host of An- 
gels, with a blare of trumpets and Christ himself 
floating on a white cloud coming out of the heav- 
ens." Then will the prophecy be fulfilled and the 
full truth of prophecy and spirit return be estab- 
lished. Amen. 



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WALKING WITH CHRIST. 



I have studied the Bible so much, so as to be 
able to give you proof of the spiritual side of life, 
that when I awake in the morning, I feel that 
I have been with Christ and the apostles, and that 
I have witnessed the devotion that He has for His 
apostles, and that I have followed them through all 
their good works in trying to make every one ac- 
knowledge God as the ruler of the world. 

To you who doubt, the day will come when you 
will be compelled to recognize His power, and that 
is when you are forced to watch one you love en- 
during the agony of death, then you will feel how 
powerless you are to alleviate one moment's suf- 
fering, and that you must yield to the overpower- 
ing force that rules the universe, and that is God. 

I have been through all this, I have watched my 
nearest and dearest sinking into death's embrace, 
and have felt that I would gladly lay down my own 
life to save them, but it could not be, and I realized 
how utterly useless it was to try to change fate, 
that the force back of all this sorrow was. proving 
to me as it does to< each one individually, that we 
must admit that no matter how great our strength 
or power in this world, that back of it all is the 
God who brings us to recognize Him through the 

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refining process of sorrow. I am always indignant 
with anyone who says we suffer for our sins or 
the sins of our parents. They have taken this un- 
just idea from the saying in the Old Testament that 
the sins of the parents shall be inflicted on the chil- 
dren even unto the third and fourth generation, 
this simply refers to a certain disease and means 
contagion, the same as a medical book refers to the 
subject. It does not mean that all sins are the 
cause of our sufferings, for animals suffer from 
most of the diseases that human beings do, and they 
are not conscious of sin, in any way, and are not 
to blame in any way for their suffering. It seems 
to be the law of nature to suffer in order to pro- 
gress, and the animal must suffer when the spirit 
separates from the body the same as the human 
does, and it is suffering that aids in the progres- 
sion of the spirit. 

I have held a pet bird in my hand and watched 
it die, and have wished that I could endure its suf- 
ferings, and I have suffered with the little creature 
until the tears rolled down my cheek, and I have 
thought if this power were only something I could 
battle with I would fight it until I gave up my life, 
but with all my grit and energy to battle with, there 
is nothing but a wall of silence to meet it and that 
is God, and then I know that I am as nothing in His 
hands, and that I am here simply to do His will, 
and that I am powerless. God, what a God ! 



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SPIRIT RETURN 



Canonization of Saints 



It is a well known fact that the spirit of Canon- 
ized Saints must perform several wonderful mira- 
cles before they are canonized by the Church. This 
is of course spirit return acknowledged by the 
Church. 

There are many spirits who are saints who are 
not canonized, for they walked in the ordinary paths 
of life when on earth. 

These are instructors in spirit life and return to 
assist those on earth who are willing to receive 
them. If you lay aside all spite and envy and be 
the sacrificing self that Jesus was, and say as St. 
Peter did, "I have nothing to give but I will help 
you," in time you will receive the Illumination of 
seeing and hearing. 

Many people who deride spirit return say, "Why 
does not this gift come to me as a proof of spirit 
return?" Do you think that Christ will humble 
himself to come to a mortal like you, when he 
refused to give proof to those who crucified him, 
saying, "Why do you not save yourself?" 

Some clergymen say they have investigated spir- 
it return and have found no proof. This is because 

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they doubt and have not received the Holy Ghost. 
They are false prophets. Christ has said, "Let him 
who hath eyes see, and he who hath ears hear." 
We who have our spiritual eyes opened know that 
the Lord advises us through his instructive spirit 
band. He has said, ask and ye shall receive. If 
you ask and go to him in the humiliation of spirit 
and of faith you will receive, but Jesus the Man 
who made the sacrifice on the cross, will not hum- 
ble himself to anyone for he represents the creator. 
And you who doubt the communion of spirits doubt 
His teachings for he has made them very plain. 

One can believe in spirit return and belong to 
any religious organization, for any real spiritualist 
loves anyone who believes in Jesus Christ. Clergy- 
men who have not received the Holy Ghost are 
disciples only. 

The apostles can forgive sins and heal and bind 
or loose in heaven, for they are prophets of the Holy 
Ghost and Christ has entered into them. 



The Message. 

I have given you the message as it was given to 
me, and it is "His old message" to the world, the 
one of humane kindness, and brotherly love. That 
he lived this great love unto the last is proven by 
His prayer, "Forgive them Father, they know not 
what they do." "And He was numbered with the 
transgressors." 

The End. 

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